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JAMES CLARENCE JUNGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – August 13, 1970
Service recordJames Clarence Junge, of Torrance, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 107
- HENRY THOMAS COXCaptain · August 13, 1970
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GAGEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1970
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.