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MORRIS GORDON DUNN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – August 31, 1968
Service recordMorris Gordon Dunn, of Boydton, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Boydton, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 14
- RONALD CLYDE HIGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH JENKS JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- JULIAN STANLEY KEE JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 13
From Boydton
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PARRISHPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
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.