| John G. Dunn |
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| Rank, Service |
| Lieutenant Colonel O-5, U.S. Army |
| Veteran of: |
U.S. Army 1966-1988
Cold War 1966-1988
Vietnam War 1967-1973 (POW)
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| Tribute: |
John Dunn was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1943. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 8, 1966, and completed Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, before receiving a commission as a 2LT through Infantry Officer Candidate School on December 16, 1966. He then completed Military Intelligence Officer School at Fort Hollabird, Maryland, and served with the 113th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, from May to October 1967. In November 1967, Dunn was sent to Southeast Asia and was stationed in the Republic of Vietnam, where he served with Military Assistance Command Vietnam Team 38 as an Intelligence Officer. He was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade and then again by a hand grenade, captured, and taken as a Prisoner of War by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam on March 18, 1968. After spending 1,792 days in captivity in South Vietnam and Cambodia, he was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973. After his return, Dunn completed the Military Intelligence Officers Advance Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and then served in the Counter Intelligence Analysis Detachment in Washington, D.C., from June 1974 to June 1975. He then served as an Intelligence Watch Officer in the Army Operations Center at the Pentagon from June 1975 to May 1978, followed by a tour with the Domestic Contact Division with the Central Intelligence Agency in San Francisco, California, from June 1978 to August 1982. Col Dunn then served as a Detachment Commander and Staff Officer with the Intelligence Support Activity in Washington, D.C., from August 1982 to June 1985. His final assignment was as Base Commander of Operational Base Munich, of the 430th Military Intelligence Battalion, located in West Germany, where he served from June 1985 until his retirement from the Army on November 1, 1988.
His Silver Star Citation reads:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to John Galbreath Dunn (0-17747628), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for gallantry and intrepidity in action in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force while a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam in May 1968. Colonel Dunn's personal bravery and devotion to duty were in keeping with highest traditions of the military service. |
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