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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Merl Thomas Dunn JR.

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MERL THOMAS DUNN JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 22, 1944 – May 9, 1967

Service record

Merl Thomas Dunn JR, of Wilson, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19E · Line 70

Position of Panel 19E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
Born
September 22, 1944
Home of record
Wilson, Connecticut (Hartford County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 9, 1967
Age
22
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 19E, Line 70

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.