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JERRY WAYNE DUNIGAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1946 – November 12, 1966
Service recordJerry Wayne Dunigan, of Benton, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Benton, Kentucky (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 60
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- HEROLD TROY DEARDORFFFireman · November 12, 1966
- LESLIE PAUL DEDMANSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
From Benton
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN GLISSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- ARNOLD NOEL JACOSergeant · September 6, 1969
- RONNIE LEE GIPSONSpecialist Four · July 23, 1972
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.