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WILLIAM ANTHONY DUNAJ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Anthony Dunaj, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 51
- DAVID FELIX BURCHAirman First Class · June 3, 1969
- LEON THOMAS CULVERHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.