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ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – May 16, 1969
Service recordRoy William Dunbar JR, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkhorn, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 25
- MELVIN THOMAS COWDELLSergeant · May 16, 1969
- JOE LYNN FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT MCNELISPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1969
- ALEXANDER A MONGELLICorporal · May 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VINCENT SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 26
From Elkhorn
- MICHAEL HOWARD STOFLETPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · June 26, 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.