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JAMES ROBERT DUNAWAY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 5, 1928 – May 28, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Dunaway, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 92 MACV
- Born
- December 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 113
- MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- JAMES TED FISHERCorporal · May 28, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · May 28, 1970
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.