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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Mark Stephen Bundy.

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MARK STEPHEN BUNDY

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 14, 1949 – January 24, 1970

Service record

Mark Stephen Bundy, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 62

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
January 14, 1949
Home of record
Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 24, 1970
Age
21
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 62

Same unit, same day

From Bedford

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.