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GARY WAYNE DUNN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Dunn, of Falls City, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Falls City, Nebraska (Richardson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 4
- JOE EVANSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GILLARDSergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CORNEALUS PUMPHREY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 7
From Falls City
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- MELVIN ERNEST KUHLMANLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- PAUL AUGUST HOLTZSeaman · January 19, 1969
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.