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MICHAEL JOHN DUNN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordMichael John Dunn, of Barker, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Barker, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 76
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 73
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 77
From Barker
- RICHARD MICHAEL WOYNARSKIPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- PETER MARK KOMAROWSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.