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FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – January 2, 1970
Service recordFrank Melvin Dunsmore JR, of Lanham, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Lanham, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 118
- GARDNER DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- HARRY EARL FARMERLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WAYNE FELLERSSergeant · January 2, 1970
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TANNER MARTIN BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 117
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 117
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 119
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 119
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 120
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 121
From Lanham
- JAMES FRANCIS SMALLWOODLance Corporal · May 14, 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.