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RAYMOND LEE BUNCH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1949 – July 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Lee Bunch JR, of Ojai, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Ojai, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 17
- RICHARD JOSEPH CEGIELSKILance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS LANGLEYSergeant · July 5, 1968
From Ojai
- MICHAEL EDWARD SUNIGALance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- LARRY DONALD MULLENPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- HERMAN RAY MORRISPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · February 25, 1970
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.