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MICHAEL ROY DUNN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – March 25, 1969
Service recordMichael Roy Dunn, of North Andover, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- North Andover, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 34
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- WILLIE CLAY DOZIERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
From North Andover
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BYRONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GREGORY CHALMERS DAVISLance Corporal · December 27, 1971
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.