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JAMES JOHN GUNDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordJames John Gunderson, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 80
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- EVERETT RALPH JORENS JRSergeant · November 15, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
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.