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THOMAS EARL DUNLOP
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1930 – April 6, 1972
Service recordThomas Earl Dunlop, of Neptune Beach, Florida, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on April 6, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 131
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMATKCARAIRWING 14
- Born
- July 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Neptune Beach, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 6, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 131
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
- ROBERT LOUIS HORSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1972
- JOE DAVID HUDSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1972
From Neptune Beach
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · September 17, 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.