The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
F-105D Thunderchiefs refuel from a KC-135 on the way to North Vietnam, about 1966.
F-105D Thunderchiefs refuel from a KC-135 on the way to North Vietnam, about 1966. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry William Juntilla.

The Wall › Panel 12E › Minnesota › Harry William Juntilla

HARRY WILLIAM JUNTILLA

Commander · U.S. Navy

June 1, 1924 – October 31, 1966

Service record

Harry William Juntilla, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 31, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 1

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Commander (CDR)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Url Pilot (1310)
Born
June 1, 1924
Home of record
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 31, 1966
Age
42
Country
North Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 1

From Minneapolis

All 193 names from Minneapolis →

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.