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JOHN TURNER DUNLAP III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – April 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Turner Dunlap III, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 4
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Feasterville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 4
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ANTHONY LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
From Feasterville
- WALTER F MORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 26, 1967
- GARY PAUL ROWLETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCHCaptain · July 28, 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.