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DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordDavid William Dunford, of New Richmond, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 96
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- New Richmond, West Virginia (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 96
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH DUPERETechnical Sergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 2
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 11
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 20
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.