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CECIL LEE DOBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – March 14, 1970
Service recordCecil Lee Dobson, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 126
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 126
- JERRY DON COPELANDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEONCorporal · March 14, 1970
- DANA ALLEN DILLEYCaptain · March 14, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM KOLBStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RICHARD HAUSWIRTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 127
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.