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THOMAS LAVON GUNDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – August 18, 1970
Service recordThomas Lavon Gunderson, of Milan, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 121
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Milan, Minnesota (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 121
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 1970
- ROBERT NORMAN BOLLMANCaptain · August 18, 1970
- RALPH NELSON DUEMLINGFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DON WAYNE LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 122
- JIMMY RONALD WALTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 123
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.