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ALLEN SEVARN DUNBAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – August 29, 1968
Service recordAllen Sevarn Dunbar, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 57
- MELVIN COPELANDPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE DAVISLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT CONROY PERRYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 56
- ROBERT CONROY PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 60
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT JAMES MCDONOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- LOUIS CHARLES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 62
- GERALD WAYNE SPRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.