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CARL EDWARD DUNN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1942 – August 25, 1970
Service recordCarl Edward Dunn, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 4
- RALPH MARTIN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · August 25, 1970
- JOHN JASSOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
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.