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CHARLES DAVID DODD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1951 – November 6, 1971
Service recordCharles David Dodd, of Summerville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 63
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Summerville, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 63
- ROLIN JAMES CROSBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1971
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- RICHARD RUDOLPH KAPSHAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
From Summerville
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
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.