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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Rim Michael Dungey.

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RIM MICHAEL DUNGEY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 12, 1946 – August 26, 1967

Service record

Rim Michael Dungey, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25E · Line 46

Position of Panel 25E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
April 12, 1946
Home of record
San Diego, California (San Diego County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 26, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 25E, Line 46

Same unit, same day

From San Diego

All 181 names from San Diego →

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.