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HARRY GROVER KUNKLER III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 5, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordHarry Grover Kunkler III, of Utica, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Utica, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 22
- CHARLIE WILL FARMER JRStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
From Utica
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · May 19, 1966
- ANDREW CHMIELLance Corporal · October 13, 1966
- PETER JOHN SCHUTZSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WILFRIED BURCKCorporal · April 27, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DELLVONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- GEORGE SAMUEL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · July 26, 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.