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GUENTER ROBERT THONUES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1942 – December 5, 1968
Service recordGuenter Robert Thonues, of Burbank, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 48
- JOSEPH RAY THORNTONPrivate · December 5, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BERGPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- JOE PAUL KLIPFELPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 44
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 37W, Line 44
- BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 45
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.