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ALAN COURTNEY DABBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1941 – August 19, 1968
Service recordAlan Courtney Dabbs, of Blossom, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 53
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Blossom, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 53
- GALE EDWARD DEERINGStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JRCorporal · August 19, 1968
- LEWIS ALLEN DITTMERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CURTIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 53
- ROGER THEODORE FASTPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 54
From Blossom
- EARNEST RICHARD HINSLEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.