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JAMES ROBERT DUNKLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Dunkle, of Milton, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Milton, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 98
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY EGGENBERGERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JOHN VINCENT FOLGERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 93
- DANIEL RAYMOND ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 93
- EVANS BENBOW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 93
- MICHAEL JOHN DOMINKOWITZCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 97
- SALVATORE PATRICK MANINOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 112
From Milton
- NORMAN ELLSWORTH FINE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- CARL MICHAEL STITELYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · June 2, 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.