U.S. Navy · United States 
Commander Patrick Dunn served the Navy Command Center, the Pentagon for 21 years. Patrick served in the Cold War, the Afghanistan and the Global War on Terrorism, and during the years of Gulf War. Patrick was 39 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Place
Virginia
Biography
Commander, United States Navy, a planner and strategist at the Navy Command Center.
He came from a Navy family - his father served in the Second World War and in Korea, and he and one of his brothers were Naval Academy men. He was the son of a Newark policeman.
He had been executive officer of the LaSalle in Italy. His wife would hear three blasts of her horn leaving the berth and one more as she turned for the Gulf of Gaeta, and would take the Academy flag up onto the roof and wave him out.
His wife said his home was at sea: if the ship was rocking, he was happy; it was in his blood.
On the morning of the eleventh he kissed her before leaving for work, and then, for the first time, he kissed her stomach. She was two months pregnant with their first child. He telephoned later to tell her about New York. When he did not call again she knew.
He is buried at Arlington.
He came from a Navy family - his father served in the Second World War and in Korea, and he and one of his brothers were Naval Academy men. He was the son of a Newark policeman.
He had been executive officer of the LaSalle in Italy. His wife would hear three blasts of her horn leaving the berth and one more as she turned for the Gulf of Gaeta, and would take the Academy flag up onto the roof and wave him out.
His wife said his home was at sea: if the ship was rocking, he was happy; it was in his blood.
On the morning of the eleventh he kissed her before leaving for work, and then, for the first time, he kissed her stomach. She was two months pregnant with their first child. He telephoned later to tell her about New York. When he did not call again she knew.
He is buried at Arlington.
Survivors
His wife Stephanie, and their child.
Keepsakes
Service Record
Conflicts
Memorials
National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Line 1962
Also Remembered
September 11, 2001 — The Pentagon
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
64
Grave
4764
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August 8, 2026
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