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RALPH GERALD DUNN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – February 16, 1969
Service recordRalph Gerald Dunn, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 43
- WILLIAM HAROLD FARVOURCorporal · February 16, 1969
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EARL FRANKLIN HOUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- HUGH RUFUS MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 45
- JACK LEE RIGHTMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 46
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 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.