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MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCH
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1944 – July 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Charles Wunsch, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- March 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Feasterville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 68
- MICHAEL WALTERSLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- DAVID EDWIN WESTOVERSeaman · July 28, 1969
- HERMAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · July 29, 1969
From Feasterville
- WALTER F MORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 26, 1967
- JOHN TURNER DUNLAP IIISecond Lieutenant · April 29, 1968
- GARY PAUL ROWLETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
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.