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MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Arthur Dunneback, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 43
- PETER F DEWILDE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DAVID PAUL JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 45
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.