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JERRY ARTHUR BUNN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1942 – July 16, 1969
Service recordJerry Arthur Bunn, of Muscatine, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 5
- ROGER CLAYTON BRATHWAITESpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- STEPHEN RANDALL COSTELLOCorporal · July 16, 1969
- CARL EDWIN CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
From Muscatine
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 1970
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
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.