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JACK DONALD SUNDQUIST
Major · U.S. Army
October 12, 1938 – March 27, 1968
Service recordJack Donald Sundquist, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 51
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 51
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- LARRY DALE WEBBLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES JUDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 47
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.