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DENNIS PAUL DUNSING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1943 – May 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Paul Dunsing, of Ukiah, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Ukiah, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 5
- GEORGE LOUIS DALESergeant First Class · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH DENISCOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM DIALStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY LYNN COOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 18
From Ukiah
- EDMUND HENRY FRENYEAMaster Chief Petty Officer · January 22, 1966
- RONALD LEMON WAFFORDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- DONALD GLENN ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · April 2, 1970
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
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.