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TOMMIE RICHARD LUNN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – May 3, 1967
Service recordTommie Richard Lunn, of Ft Lewis, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lewis, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 28
- GARY NOBORU KAWAMURAPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOSEPH RHUBEN LAROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT YOUGETE LOUIS JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
From Ft Lewis
- WINFRIED ALBERT SHEETSSergeant · January 17, 1968
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 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.