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ROBERT TERRENCE DUNN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – October 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Terrence Dunn, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 28
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 28
- CLYDE DAVID DOWNARD JRCorporal · October 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- ARNOLD M MARCHLEWICZPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINCorporal · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEPHEN RILEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 30
- DAVID LEO SPARKSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 30
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.