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JACK EDWARD LUNTSFORD
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 4, 1937 – July 1, 1969
Service recordJack Edward Luntsford, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 1, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 43
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- April 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 43
- RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS PROUEPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- HENRY LEE STAFFORDPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.