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JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – June 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Labundy, of Park Forest, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 13
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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
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Park Forest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 13
- JOHN EDWARD KELLETTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM KURTTIPetty Officer Third Class · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 15
From Park Forest
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
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.