Gulf War Veterans

 On Feb. 27, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, in what would be the final week of the Gulf War, Dunlap was part of an eight-member crew that was on a search and rescue mission to pick up an F-16 pilot who was shot down just outside of Basra, Iraq.  

 He was a door gunner on the UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopter on 27 Feb 91 and said, "We were traveling 100 mph about 20 feet off the ground when the tail of the helicopter was shot off." Five members of the crew were killed in the crash. SGT Dunlap and two other survivors were captured by Iraqi forces. When asked by his Republican Guard interrogators what his mission was he told them, "I came here to kill Saddam Hussein." SGT Dunlap was beaten and tortured. He was kept in solitary confinement, standing up, with a rope around his neck so that whenever he relaxed, the rope would choke him.

 He was held as a prisoner from 27 Feb 91 to 5 Mar 91. At first, it was reported that SGT Dunlap had been killed in action at age 20. He was one of only 21 U.S. soldiers captured in the Gulf War, and the only U.S. Infantryman. It wasn’t known the group had been captured until the war was declared over and they were released into the Red Cross’ hands in Iraq on March 6, 1991.

By TERRA TEMPLE news@paducahsun.com Nov 11, 2021

 PV2 Joshua Stephen Dunlap, 23, of Seagrove, NC was among the 20 U.S. soldiers wounded when a Chinook helicopter was shot down by attackers near Fallujah, Iraq - an attack that left 16 other soldiers dead. Dunlap, who was serving with the U.S. Army Calvary Regiment Advance Party as team chief of ammunitions, had been severely injured when his Chinook helicopter was shot down over Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 2, 2003. 

The missiles semed to have been fired from a palm grove about 500 yards away, Thaer Ali, 21, said. At least one hit the Chinook, which came down in a field in the farming village of Hasai, a few miles south of Fallujah, witnesses said. The missiles flashed toward the helicopter from the rear, as usual with heat-seeking ground-fired missiles. The most common model in the former Iraqi army inventory was the Russian-made SA-7, also known as Strelas.

The Dunlap family didn't know the full extent of Joshua's injuries until he was flown to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. After a long recovery "He is up, walking and talking and making good progress," Dunlap's father said before Christmas.

 Marine Sgt. Brian E. Dunlap, 34, of Vista, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Los Alamitos, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Sept. 24, 2005  by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Taqaddum, Iraq.

Before he went on tour in Iraq, Dunlap served as a fireman at Camp Pendleton. He friends describe him as "funny, caring and brash." Christina Raines clearly remembers the last time she saw Dunlap in April, before he left for Iraq. "That's when I gave him a huge hug, and he said, 'You haven't seen the last of me.'" According to a friend, Dunlap was training Iraqi soldiers. She said she got a call from him about a week ago. He told her he had lost two of his men. "He was very upset about that," said Wendy Bakker. "You could hear it in his voice; he was sort of scared." Bakker shared an email in which Dunlap said, "I almost got whacked again this morning. That makes five times in the last two weeks." Dunlap went on to say he lost 11 men in his company to injury. He called Iraq the "wild west." 

 SSGT Ryan Dunlap Cole, of the 4th Platoon, 69th Chemical Company, US Army, on duty at Baghdad International, was responsible for checking in workers from humanitarian agencies and dignitaries from around the world. 

"From left, 1st Lt Brian Biroschek, Capt Andy Reiger, Capt Mark Angle, SSgt Ryan Dunlap Cole, And PFC Dan Lang at Baghdad Intl airport. The Soldiers are sitting on a Fox vehicle, the Army’s newest Nuclear, Biological and Chemical detector. This photo was taken on a cool day, when the temp was only 105 degrees." (Courtesy of The Warren, Ohio Tribune Chronicle.) 

Ryan returned home safely after his tour and is now working as a civilian contractor.

 Staff SGT James Dunlap is from St Albans, WV. In March 2006 photo , he is standing at the water palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Dunlap was deployed with the 80th Division in Charleston. He has served as a bodyguard for high-ranking military personnel and was wounded in March 2006-(submitted by Carroll Dunlap from a WVA newspaper)

Zachary Dunlap was with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines H&S Co.

Zach was deployed to the Middle East the last of January 2003 from his base at Twenty-nine Palms, California. Zach is a year 2000 graduate of Henley High School and has completed two years of college.  We as parents are very proud of Zach and the decision he made to join the military.  He chose this journey which is only one of many he will be choosing throughout his life.

Submitted by his parents, Michael and DJ Dunlap of Klamath Falls, Oregon.

 Bruce Dunlap is in his late 20s and has seen and done things he said will change him forever. He is a member of the Kansas National Guard. During his nine-month service in Iraq, Dunlap suffered severe injuries when an explosive device hit the vehicle in which he was riding. Bleeding from an arterial wound, Dunlap said he was clinically dead at the scene of the explosion before a shot of adrenaline and cardiopulmonary resuscitation revived him. Medics then flew him to a hospital in nearby Baghdad. Dunlap said what happened is simply part of his job description.
"As a soldier, you are almost constantly in harm's way," he said. "It's just part of the job. You just have to handle things one day and one mission at a time. "Once stabilized, Dunlap was flown to the United States, where he has undergone surgeries and physical therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for the last four months. His injuries include broken bones in his arm, hand and knee; tissue damage; and the loss of parts of several digits. In a ceremony on March 30, President Bush awarded Dunlap a Purple Heart for his service. He also was given a medal for good conduct and four medals for service in Iraq. By: Katelynn Hasler  Kansas State Collegian

 U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Dunlap familiarizes himself with the operation of a PK3 9mm sub-machine gun during a live-fire exercise on Forward Operating Base Dagger in Tikrit, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. Dunlap is attached to the Military Integrated Transition Team, 101st Airborne Division. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika, U.S. Army.)