Sgt. Gerard J. Dunne (1946–1968) was a U.S. Army squad leader serving in the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division in Quang Ngai, Vietnam. He was killed in action on August 25, 1968, and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star—the military's third-highest decoration for valor. Born in Brooklyn, he was the son of Dorothy Dunne, a longtime resident of Breezy Point on the Rockaway Peninsula and a columnist for the local paper, The Wave.