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JAMES GEORGE BUNCH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – April 9, 1969
Service recordJames George Bunch JR, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 43
- JIMMY ROGER WESTMORELANDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- STEPHEN DAVID WILKINSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- LEON WILSONCorporal · April 8, 1969
- JAMES HENRY ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 45
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.