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MICHAEL ROBERT DUNKEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1949 – October 7, 1968
Service recordMichael Robert Dunkel, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 23
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL GARVENSpecialist Five · October 7, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.
