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WILLIAM REUBEN BUNKER III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 10, 1933 – July 16, 1962
Service recordWilliam Reuben Bunker III, of Davilla, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 16, 1962, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Davilla, Texas (Milam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1962
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1962; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1962, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 11
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- ANTHONY JOHN TENCZAColonel · July 15, 1962
- RICHARD LEIALOHA K ELLISSpecialist Five · October 5, 1962
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.