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JAMES G DUNTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1940 – December 8, 1964
Service recordJames G Dunton, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 74
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
Same unit, same day
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 74
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · Panel 1E, Line 74
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 74
From Melrose
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 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.