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WILLIE EARL BUNTE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1947 – September 5, 1966
Service recordWillie Earl Bunte, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 70
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM B HILL JRSergeant First Class · September 5, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS HUFFINECaptain · September 5, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.