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JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1947 – April 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Cornelius Dunlap, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 2
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Kannapolis, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 18E, Line 2
- JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
From Kannapolis
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 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.