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LESSELL DUNN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordLessell Dunn JR, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1967
- QUINNEN T CHANDLER JRCorporal · October 1, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
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.