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JOHN ROBERT MUNGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1948 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Munger, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 40
- DONALD P MARKLAND IIISergeant · June 10, 1970
- PHILIP MOREY OVERBECKFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- WALTER MELVIN PIERCEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE RASHSpecialist Five · June 10, 1970
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.