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JOHN CHARLES LUNDIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1932 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Lundin, of Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 50
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Sentinel Butte, North Dakota (Golden Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 50
- DAVID ANGELO BARBARINOSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1970
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
From Sentinel Butte
- GERALD ANTHONY DECKERSpecialist Five · April 10, 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.