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WILLIAM RICHARD GUENTHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Richard Guenther, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 51
- MICHAEL LYNN GRIFFITHSergeant · September 6, 1968
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- DAVID HORACE RISHERCaptain · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 48
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.