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GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1941 – November 23, 1965
Service recordGunder Peter Ri Gunderson, of Walhalla, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Walhalla, North Dakota (Pembina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 111
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD JENSENHospitalman · November 23, 1965
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM MICHAELSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 109
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 110
- DAVID WILLIAM MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 111
From Walhalla
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
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.