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JOHN CARL GUENTHER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – June 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Carl Guenther JR, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 32
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- RICHARD ERNEST DOPPSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 32
- ROBERT DUANE PAULUSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 34
- DANIEL KEITH WAPINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 35
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 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.