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WILLIAM JOSEPH BUNTING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1950 – May 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Bunting, of Frankford, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Frankford, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 101
- CHARLES ROYCE STEVENSONCorporal · May 25, 1970
- RODNEY WAYNE WILSONCorporal · May 25, 1970
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
- ARTHUR ANDREW DEHNCorporal · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 101
- CLARENCE ROSAIRE LAVOIEPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 104
- ROBERT WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 106
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.