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WILLIAM MARTIN DUNNING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – June 22, 1970
Service recordWilliam Martin Dunning, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 78
- CHARLES CASTULO CISNEROSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
- RAUL DEJESUS-ROSACorporal · June 22, 1970
- JOHN STILES EARLELieutenant · June 22, 1970
- ALLEN EUGENE OATNEYCorporal · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL SCHALK SRCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 80
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 81
- DANIEL KEITH WILSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 81
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
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.