[1] In August 1990, Lieutenant Colonel Dungs was a member of the multinational force in Liberia when a gunboat was seized, capturing 27 rebels.

[3][4][5] Dungs was a candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the 2007 governorship elections for Plateau State but lost.

[6] In 2012, he also ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Plateau North senatorial district which was left vacant after the demise of Senator Gyang Dalyop Datong.

[8] Besides his military background and political affiliations, John Dungs can be famously remembered as a prominent captain of industry, being the founder and chief executive of Langfield Group Limited, an industrial conglomerate with diversified interests in various sectors of the economy.

Dungs died on 2 May 2014 en route to a hospital after collapsing at his residence in Rayfield, Jos.