Victor Dunnam enlisted in the United States Army as a Private First Class on February 22, 1941 at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He enlisted shortly before World War II and was stationed in France during the invasion of Normandy.
Dunnam was a Private First Class of B Company in the 328th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was part of the 103rd Infantry Division. He participated in D-Day, which started June 6, 1944, and he died approximately 8 days after the initial invasion. |
In World War II, the 328th Engineer Battalion was in charge of placing floating and fixed bridges in France, supporting contested crossings of major rivers in the war, and preparing and developing beaches for assault landings. They were also responsible for preparing the beaches of Normandy. This is where Private First Class Victor Houston Dunnam was located. His Battalion was responsible for clearing lanes for landing crafts by destroying the mine-bearing steel structures that Germans had planted. They operated under heavy fire often. |