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CLARENCE WILSON DUNBAR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1936 – February 15, 1969
Service recordClarence Wilson Dunbar, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 37
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · February 15, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- BILL W GENTRYLance Corporal · February 15, 1969
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · February 15, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.