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DAVID HAMILTON DUNN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 9, 1945 – July 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Hamilton Dunn, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 124
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 124
- LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 3
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.