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JAMES M DUNNAVANT JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 26, 1950 – July 18, 1970
Service recordJames M Dunnavant JR, of Lynnville, Tennessee, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 28
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Lynnville, Tennessee (Giles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 28
- JAMES LARRY FOREStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE GODFREYStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1970
- WARREN G INGRAMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- GREG KELLERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 27
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 27
- JAMES LARRY FOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 28
From Lynnville
- TERRY WAYNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.