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ROBERT LEE WUNDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Wunder, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 78
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 78
- JEROME ELLIS JACKSONPrivate · March 25, 1971
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · March 25, 1971
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 76
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 77
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 78
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANOCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 78
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 78
From Trenton
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOLBROOKCorporal · February 7, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
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.