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JOHN JACOB GUNTHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Jacob Gunther, of Melbourne, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 43
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 43
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- ELSWORTH WILLIFORDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WORLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JUAN DANIEL AGUIARPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HENRY J CHESTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 45
- MICHAUEL DON FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 47
- PATRICK ARNOLD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 52
- ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 56
From Melbourne
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 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.