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IVOR ECAROL BUNCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1945 – June 26, 1966
Service recordIvor Ecarol Bunch, of Hobbsville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Hobbsville, North Carolina (Gates County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 97
- JAMES COLEMAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1966
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CHUCK BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 96
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
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.