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ROBERT WAYNE DUNN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1946 – September 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Dunn, of Clifton, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Clifton, Texas (Bosque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 36
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT DICKINSONFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- WESLEY GEORGE DOTYFireman · September 12, 1968
From Clifton
- THOMAS HENRY RALPH JRCaptain · May 17, 1968
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.