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DONALD LEORY DUNN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordDonald Leory Dunn, of Red Bluff, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Red Bluff, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 37
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · August 14, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
- LESLEY HERBERT HENSONSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 37
From Red Bluff
- WENDELL OLIVER CHATFIELDPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · November 27, 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.