Gunther Herbert Wald

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromBergen New Jersey
Date of DeathNovember 3 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B

Notes
Sergeant First Class Wald was a member of Command and Control North, 5th Special Forces Group. On November 3, 1969, he was on a long range reconnaissance mission 30 miles inside Laos near Ban Chakevy Tai in Saravane Province. He was declared Missing in Action. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. SGT 1C Wald's remains have been recovered and identified.
rosetta medal
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