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CAREY LEE DOBSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1947 – May 21, 1969
Service recordCarey Lee Dobson, of Elverson, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Elverson, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 64
- ERNEST LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE COOPERSergeant First Class · May 21, 1969
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
From Elverson
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- LEWIS H PROUDFOOT IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.