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MELVIN WILLARD GUNDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – May 9, 1967
Service recordMelvin Willard Gunderson, of Cable, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Cable, Wisconsin (Bayfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 71
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DAVID FORREST FRALEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DANNY MARVIN GREENELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
From Cable
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · February 21, 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.