United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
John Wallace Tunnell
1933 – 1966
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Lieutenant Commander John Wallace Tunnell served in the U.S. Navy. John served aboard VA 145 USS RANGER CVA 61. John served in the Vietnam War. John was 32 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1317: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
URL PILOT
VISTA, CA
1992
Pay grade O04. DCAS record DCAS-VN-052809.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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John Wallace Tunnell
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
- 1992
Attack Squadron 145
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