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JIMMY LYN DUNAGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – January 21, 1972
Service recordJimmy Lyn Dunagan, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 99
- RONALD ANTHONY LONGFELLOWSpecialist Four · January 19, 1972
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
- JOSEPH JOHN SLIFKA JRFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1972
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.