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{{short description|United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1981–2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
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|caption= Dunham in 2000, during [[United States Marine Corps Recruit Training|recruit training]].
|nickname= ''Uno'' ({{langx|en|"One"}})
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1981|11|10}}
|birth_place= [[Scio, New York]], United States
|death_date= {{Death date and age|2004|04|22|1981|11|10}}
|death_place= [[Bethesda, Maryland]], United States
|placeofburial= Fairlawn Cemetery<br/>Scio, New York
|allegiance= United States
|branch= [[United States Marine Corps]]
|serviceyears= 2000–2004
|rank=  [[Corporal#United States|Corporal]]
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|unit= [[Marine Corps Security Force Regiment|Marine Corps Security Force Battalion]]<br/>[[3rd Battalion, 7th Marines]]
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|battles= [[Iraq War]]
|awards= [[Medal of Honor]]<br/>[[Purple Heart]]
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'''Jason Lee Dunham''' (November 10, 1981 – April 22, 2004) was a [[Corporal#United State|corporal]] in the [[United States Marine Corps]] who was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions while serving with [[3rd Battalion 7th Marines]] during the [[Iraq War]]. While on a patrol in [[Husaybah]], his unit was attacked. In the course of the fighting, Dunham deliberately used his helmet and body to [[Falling on a grenade|cover a live grenade]] and save nearby Marines. When it exploded Dunham was gravely injured and died eight days later.

==Early life and education==
Jason Dunham was born on November 10, 1981, in [[Scio, New York]], and resided there with his parents, Dan and Deb, and his three siblings, two brothers and a sister. He graduated from Scio High School in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/RememberingMedalofHonorrecipientJasonDunham.aspx|title=Remembering Medal of Honor recipient Jason Dunham|date=November 16, 2010|work=Marine Corps News|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007154506/http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/RememberingMedalofHonorrecipientJasonDunham.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> having played [[basketball]] for his high school team.<ref name="whoswho">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Dunham_JL.htm|title=Corporal Jason L. Dunham, USMC (deceased)|work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History|publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094720/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Dunham_JL.htm|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Military service==
[[File:Jason Dunham in basic training 2000 1.JPEG|thumb|left|Dunham scales a wall during <!-- not recruit training-->training in 2000]]
[[File:US Navy 070323-N-0000X-038 Image submitted on occasion of the Department of Navy announcement that the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer will be named USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), honoring the late Cpl.jpg|thumb|left|Dunham with other Marines.]]
Dunham joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 2000. After graduating from [[United States Marine Corps Recruit Training|recruit training]] on October 27 from Golf Company Platoon 2092, he served as a [[Marine Corps Security Force Regiment|Security Force]] sentry at [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] until 2003.<ref name="whoswho"/>

In early 2004, Dunham was serving as a [[squad leader]] with 4th [[Platoon]], [[Company (military unit)|Company]] K, [[3rd Battalion 7th Marines|3rd Battalion]], [[7th Marine Regiment (United States)|7th Marine Regiment]], [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]], [[I Marine Expeditionary Force]].<ref name="Phillips2005">Phillips, 2005.<!-- page(s)?? --></ref> His unit was based in [[Al-Karābilah]].

On April 14, 2004, the battalion commander's convoy came under attack near [[Husaybah]], Iraq, and 4th Platoon was dispatched on patrol to investigate. Dunham and his squad intercepted a number of cars spotted near the scene of the attack, which the patrol detained to search for weapons.<ref name="video">{{cite video|title=Dunham: A Life of Honor|url=http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/GbvL4E_KCd?pid=LFGLg7lLbFKZhncEX_hEaPH4_9Bg1RMs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042509/http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/GbvL4E_KCd?pid=LFGLg7lLbFKZhncEX_hEaPH4_9Bg1RMs|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2011|medium=[[Documentary film|video documentary]]|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> When the squad approached a white [[Toyota Land Cruiser]] and discovered [[AK-47]]s, the driver exited and attacked the Marines in an attempt to flee. Dunham responded by closing in for [[hand-to-hand combat]] to subdue him. During the fighting, the individual dropped an armed [[Mills bomb|Mills 36M hand grenade]].

Dunham, to save the rest of his men, deliberately [[Falling on a grenade|threw himself on the grenade]], attempting to use his [[Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops|PASGT]] [[helmet]] to shield himself and others from the explosion,<ref name="whoswho"/> warning the others to "watch his hands."<ref name="video"/> Dunham, the insurgent, and two other Marines nearby were all wounded by grenade fragments.

Dunham was severely wounded by the grenade blast, and was immediately [[Medical evacuation|evacuated]]. Within days, he arrived at [[National Naval Medical Center]] in [[Bethesda, Maryland]], in a [[coma]], where he was being treated for his injuries. After being diagnosed with [[brain damage]] and deemed unlikely to recover, he was taken off [[life support]] eight days later, on April 22, 2004.<ref name="video"/><ref name="Garcia"/><ref>{{Cite news|first=Michael M.|last=Phillips|title=How Do You Repay A Hero's Sacrifice; Three years ago, a fellow Marine gave his life to save Kelly Miller. It has been a hard road since.|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|page=A1}}</ref> Shortly beforehand, [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]], General [[Michael Hagee]], presented Dunham with the [[Purple Heart]]. Dunham's parents were at his bedside when he died.<ref name="Garcia">{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/1stmardiv/Pages/2004/Marines%20honor%20corporaland%2039;s%20heroic%20sacrifice.aspx|title=Marines honor corporal's heroic sacrifice|accessdate=March 8, 2015|last=Garcia|first=Sgt Jose L.|work=Marine Corps News|publisher=United States Marine Corps|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629174457/http://www.marines.mil/unit/1stmardiv/Pages/2004/Marines%20honor%20corporaland%2039;s%20heroic%20sacrifice.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, Michael M. Phillips, staff writer for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', wrote an article summarizing Dunham's actions that appeared on page A1 of the May 25 edition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jasonsmemorial.org/art_wsj.pdf |title=In Combat, Marine Put Theory to Test, Comrades Believe Cpl. Dunham's Quick Action in Face of Grenade Saved 2 Lives |last=Phillips |first=Michael M. |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |page=A1 |accessdate=January 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406051837/http://www.jasonsmemorial.org/art_wsj.pdf |archivedate=April 6, 2015 }} Republished on Jason Dunham Memorial Website.</ref> In 2005, Phillips published ''The Gift of Valor: A War Story'', which told Dunham's life story.<ref name=Phillips2005/>

==Honors and awards==
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In addition to the Medal of Honor and his other military decorations, Dunham has also received other honors:
* {{USS|Jason Dunham|DDG-109}} 
* The United States Post Office in [[Scio, New York]] was renamed the Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office
* The Marine Corps Security Force Barracks at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Georgia was renamed the Corporal Jason Dunham Barracks
* Crucible warrior's station at both Marine Corps Recruit Depot [[Parris Island, South Carolina]] and at [[San Diego, California]], are named in his honor
* The Marine Corps League Chapter in [[Palm Desert, California]] is named in his honor. 
* The Cpl Dunham Room, Corporals Course, [[Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort|Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina]]. 
* A chapter of the Leathernecks Motorcycle Club International is named in his honor.
* Dunham Hall is a Marine Corps dining facility named after Cpl Jason Dunham on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms.

===Military decorations===
Dunham's awards include:<ref name="whoswho"/>
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| File:Dunham's blues.jpg|Dunham's uniform on display aboard {{USS|Jason Dunham|DDG-109|6}}
| File:Bush presents Medal of Honor to family of Jason Dunham.jpg|President [[George W. Bush]] presents the Medal of Honor to the family of Jason Dunham during a ceremony in the [[East Room (White House)|East Room]] on January 11, 2007}}

===Medal of Honor===
Shortly after his death, [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Matthew Lopez, Dunham's [[commanding officer]], began the process of nominating him for the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest award for valor in combat. On November 10, 2006, at the dedication of the [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]], President [[George W. Bush]] announced that Corporal Dunham would receive the Medal of Honor, making him the second recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in the [[Iraq War]] and the first Marine recipient for actions since the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2348595.php|title=Medal of Honor is first for a Marine since Vietnam|work=[[Marine Corps Times]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015|first=Gidget|last=Fuentes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205133443/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2348595.php|archive-date=February 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

President Bush presented Dunham's family with the Medal of Honor in a ceremony in the [[East Room (White House)|East Room of the White House]] on January 11, 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1565560-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210225739/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1565560-2%2C00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 10, 2006|title=Iraq: The War Without Honors|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015|first=Sally B.|last=Donnelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=March 8, 2015|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2469028.php|title=Dunham family to get Medal of Honor Thursday|first=John|last=Hoellwarth|newspaper=Marine Corps Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612083136/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2469028.php|archive-date=June 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Citation====
{{blockquote|The President of the United States in the name of [[United States Congress|The Congress]] takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]] to}}
{{center|CORPORAL<br/>'''JASON L. DUNHAM'''<br/>UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS}}
For service as set forth in the following citation:
[[File:Moh right.gif|100px|left|alt=A light blue neck ribbon with a gold star shaped medallion hanging from it. The ribbon is similar in shape to a bowtie with 13 white stars in the center of the ribbon.]]

{{blockquote|For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, First Marine Division (Reinforced), on 14 April 2004. Corporal Dunham's squad was conducting a [[reconnaissance]] mission in the town of Karabilah, Iraq, when they heard [[rocket-propelled grenade]] and [[small arms]] fire erupt approximately two kilometers to the west. Corporal Dunham led his [[Combined Anti-Armor Team]] towards the engagement to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander's [[convoy]], which had been [[ambush]]ed as it was traveling to Camp Husaybah. As Corporal Dunham and his Marines advanced, they quickly began to receive enemy fire. Corporal Dunham ordered his squad to dismount their vehicles and led one of his [[Fireteam|fire teams]] on foot several blocks south of the ambushed convoy. Discovering seven Iraqi vehicles in a column attempting to depart, Corporal Dunham and his team stopped the vehicles to search them for weapons. As they approached the vehicles, an insurgent leaped out and attacked Corporal Dunham. Corporal Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground and in the ensuing struggle saw the insurgent release a [[hand grenade|grenade]]. Corporal Dunham immediately alerted his fellow Marines to the threat. Aware of the imminent danger and without hesitation, Corporal Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and body, bearing the brunt of the explosion and shielding his Marines from the blast. In an ultimate and selfless act of bravery in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of at least two fellow Marines. By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty, Corporal Dunham gallantly gave his life for his country, thereby reflecting great credit upon himself and upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the [[United States Department of the Navy|United States Naval Service]]".<ref name=armymoh>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/iraq.html|title=Medal of Honor recipients|work=American Medal of Honor recipients for the Iraq War|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]]|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-date=May 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526050837/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/iraq.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

===USS ''Jason Dunham''===
[[File:USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) announcement graphic.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of USS ''Jason Dunham'']]
On March 20, 2007, the Navy reported that a new {{Sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} [[guided missile destroyer]] would be named {{USS|Jason Dunham|DDG-109}}, in his honor. In a formal ceremony in Scio on March 23, 2007, [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy Secretary]] [[Donald C. Winter]] officially announced the naming of DDG-109 after Dunham.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17709451|title=Destroyer to be named after N.Y. Marine|work=NBC News]|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 8, 2015|author-link=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28497|title=Navy Names New Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Jason Dunham|work=Navy newsstand|publisher=[[United States Navy]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015|id=Story Number NNS070323-25|archive-date=June 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630161709/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28497|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[keel]] was laid at a ceremony on April 11, 2008, at [[Bath Iron Works]] in [[Bath, Maine]].<ref name="Marinesmag">{{cite web|url=http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham|title=Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham|last=Gams|first=PFC Michael T.|work=Marines Magazine|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029132536/http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ship was [[Ship naming and launching|christened]] on August 1, 2009, with Dunham's mother Debra acting as the ship's sponsor.<ref name="NNS090801-03">{{cite web|title=Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham|publisher=Navy News Service|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184113/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite video|people=Lugo, LCpl A.J.|title=USS Jason Dunham|url=http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/GbvL4E_KCd?pid=VZAdKtOJhcdYyYoB1ZW1Arp86FXPDede|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042527/http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/GbvL4E_KCd?pid=VZAdKtOJhcdYyYoB1ZW1Arp86FXPDede|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2011|medium=video newscast|publisher=United States Marine Corps|location=[[Bath, Maine]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref>

Among family members and officials present at the christening, also in attendance were Dunham's Kilo Company commander, Major Trent Gibson, as well as Sergeant Bill Hampton and Corporal Kelly Miller, whose lives he saved, and retired General Hagee. A piece of Dunham's helmet is encased in the [[Mast (sailing)|mast]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/07/marine_dunham_072909w|title=Ship named for MoH recipient to be christened|date=July 29, 2009|work=[[Navy Times]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/29palms/Pages/News/2009/Jul/Puttingthepiecesintheirplace;CplDunham%E2%80%99slegacyliveson.aspx|title=Putting the pieces in their place; Cpl. Dunham's legacy lives on|last=Gams|first=PFC Michael T.|work=[[Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms]]|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007154028/http://www.marines.mil/unit/29palms/Pages/News/2009/Jul/Puttingthepiecesintheirplace;CplDunham%E2%80%99slegacyliveson.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Jason Dunham'' was commissioned on November 13, 2010.<ref Name="NVR">{{cite web
|title=Jason Dunham|publisher=[[Naval Vessel Register]]|url={{NVR url|id=DDG109}}|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="NNS101110-06">{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|title=Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham|publisher=Navy News Service|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305112626/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ship's [[Galley (kitchen)|galley]], named "Jason's [[Dugout (baseball)|Dugout]]", is decorated with memorabilia from Dunham's favorite baseball team, the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/USSJasonDunhamcommissioned,legacyliveson.aspx|title=USS Jason Dunham commissioned, legacy lives on|last=Shea|first=Sgt Jimmy D.|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007154101/http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/USSJasonDunhamcommissioned,legacyliveson.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Other namesakes===
[[File:Dunham helmet.jpg|thumb|left|Sgt Mark Dean (right) and Maj Trent Gibson (left) inspect the remains of Dunham's helmet before it was displayed at the [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]] in July 2009]]
The [[Marine Corps Security Force Regiment|Marine Corps Security Force]] Barracks at [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay]] was renamed the Cpl Jason Dunham Barracks in late June 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kingsbayperiscope.com/stories/041207/kin_dunham.shtml|title=Marine Barracks to be renamed for Medal of Honor recipient|work=Kings Bay Periscope|publisher=United States Navy|author=[[Mass Communication Specialist|MC2]] ([[Surface Warfare insignia|SW]]) Michael Wiss|accessdate=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140155/http://www.kingsbayperiscope.com/stories/041207/kin_dunham.shtml|archivedate=September 28, 2007}}</ref>

The Cpl Dunham room is located at the Corporals Course at [[Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort]], [[South Carolina]].

A Crucible warrior's station at the [[Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island]], [[South Carolina]] and [[Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego]], [[California]] was named in his honor. When recruits arrive at this station, they will read Cpl Dunham's Medal of Honor citation, and then perform ground-fighting techniques reflecting those Dunham used to defend himself and his fellow Marines leading to his nomination for the Medal of Honor.

A bill to rename the Scio post office, located at 4422 West Sciota Street in Scio, New York, as the ''Corporal Jason L. Dunham Post Office'' was submitted to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in December 2005 by Congressman [[Randy Kuhl]]. The bill was immediately passed in the House with support from all New York delegation members. With the support of both New York Senators [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Hillary Clinton]], the bill passed the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. On March 14, 2006, President Bush signed the bill.<ref name=Kuhl>{{Cite web|url=http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=37917|title=Kuhl Bill to honor Dunham passes House: Kuhl bill names post office in Scio after fallen Marine Corporal Jason Dunham|authorlink=Randy Kuhl|last=Kuhl|first=John R.|work=[[New York's 29th congressional district]]|publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20051227001130/http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=37917|archivedate=December 27, 2005}}</ref> He also met with Dunham's family, who gave him a copy of ''The Gift of Valor''.<ref name=WHEC>[[WHEC-TV]] News 10 broadcast, March 16, 2006.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of Medal of Honor recipients#Iraq War|List of Medal of Honor recipients]]
*[[Rafael Peralta]] – another US marine who died while shielding others from a grenade

==References==
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;General
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*{{Cite news|url=http://www.mcnews.info/mcnewsinfo/moh/Citation.aspx|accessdate=January 11, 2007|title=Jason Dunham Medal of Honor citation|journal=Marine Corps News|publisher=United States Marine Corps|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112082555/http://www.mcnews.info/mcnewsinfo/moh/Citation.aspx|archive-date=January 12, 2007|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Michael M.|url=https://archive.org/details/giftofvalorwar00phil|title=The Gift of Valor: A War Story|location=New York City|publisher=[[Broadway Books]]|year=2005|isbn=0-7679-2037-6|url-access=registration}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2004/PR02657.Dunhamcong052704.pf.html|title=Schumer asks President to award Congressional Medal of Honor to Hero NY Marine who died after saving others in Iraq|work=Press Release from Senator Charles E. Schumer|publisher=[[United States Senate]]|date=May 27, 2004|accessdate=July 9, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630010355/http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2004/PR02657.Dunhamcong052704.pf.html|archivedate=June 30, 2006 }}
*{{Cite web|accessdate=September 29, 2010|url=http://zoiiebeanpictures.com/dunham.html|title=Dunham, American Son: The Story of Cpl Jason L. Dunham|first=David C.|last=Kniess, Jr.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109020055/http://www.zoiiebeanpictures.com/dunham.html|archive-date=November 9, 2010|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/2006/First%20Long%20War%20Marine%20to%20receive%20Medal%20of%20Honor.aspx|title=First Long War Marine to receive Medal of Honor|last=Dunn|first=SSgt Scott|work=Marine Corps News|publisher=United States Marine Corps|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4670149|title=Cpl. Jason Dunham's "Gift of Valor"|work=[[All Things Considered]]|publisher=[[NPR]]|authorlink=Melissa Block|last=Block|first=Melissa|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.talkingproud.us/Military061704.html|title=Marines keep me safe|publisher=Talking Proud|accessdate=March 8, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715054623/http://www.talkingproud.us/Military061704.html|archivedate=July 15, 2006 }}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2007/01/16/phillips.heidi.kraft.interview.cnn|title=A Hero's Hand|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}
*{{Cite web|accessdate=March 8, 2015|url=http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/uss_jason_dunham_ddg_109_page_1.htm|title=USS ''Jason Dunham'' DDG-109|publisher=MaritimeQuest}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Jason Dunham}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.jasonsmemorial.org |title=Jason L. Dunham memorial website |date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717180514/http://www.jasonsmemorial.org/about.html |archive-date=July 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.jason-dunham.navy.mil/|title=Official website for USS ''Jason Dunham'' (DDG 109)|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708161056/http://www.jason-dunham.navy.mil/|url-status=dead}}

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