Sergeant John Robert Munger was born on December 25, 1948, and was originally from Columbia, South Carolina. He served his country in the Vietnam War in the United States Army, as a cannon crew member in A Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Artillery, 5th Infantry Division. His tour in Vietnam began on September 2, 1969. On June 10, 1970, Sgt. Munger was killed under non-hostile conditions in Quang Tri province, South Vietnam; he was 21 years old at the time of his death. Sgt. Munger is memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 9W, Line 40.
Picture from the Bradley Central High School Yearbook, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1965.
“Was there right after.” –Submitted by William Shibler
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 25 December 1948
- Date of death: 10 June 1970
- County: Bradley
- Hometown: Columbia, SC
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 4th Artillery, 5th Infantry Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Top Panel
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