Dunigan, Raymond Richard

1933 - 1958  (25 years)

• Name	Dunigan, Raymond Richard
  Birth	9 Jul 1933	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DUNI.R001
  Military Service	Korean War, Corporal, 82nd Engineer (Pipeline) Company, United States Army  [1]
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Prior to the establishment of the "Department of the Army Emblem", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for public display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, the Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the…
  		United States Army
  		Corporal (abbreviated as Cpl.), United States Army (Combat Arms) (Aug 1948-Feb 1951)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Korean War (1950-1953)
  		Korea
  Death	28 Oct 1958	Coulterville, Randolph County, Illinois   [1]
  	Cause: Car/Train Accident
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Dunigan, Raymond R.
  Person ID	I32722	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Dunigan, Wilbur A.,   b. 9 Jun 1910, Illinois d. 15 Mar 1980 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Barnett, Ethel A.,   b. 6 Jan 1910, Illinois d. 1 Nov 1993, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2, 3]
  Divorce	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F4318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hunt, K.
  Family ID	F13594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jul 1933 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Car/Train Accident - 28 Oct 1958 - Coulterville, Randolph County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was the son of Wilbur and Ethel Dunigan. Brother of Loren and Myron Dunigan. He was a member of the Harmony United Brethren Church. On January 3, 1958 he was married to Kathryn Hunt, who survives him. He was killed in a car/train accident at Coulterville along with his brother, Myron.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10109] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Dunigan, Raymond R., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17880617), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2542] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 16, page 8a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S2543] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Dunigan, Ethel A. and Wilbur A., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dunigan&GSiman=1&GScid=105559&GRid=21546031&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14441] Chris Noordhoek, Chris Noordhoek, personal e-mail to Carl W. Gray, Proposed Change: Living (I8984), 22 May 2008, (Chris Noordhoek, personal e-mail to Carl W. Gray, Proposed Change: Living (I8984), 22 May 2008), none. (Reliability: 2).