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DANNY JOE DODD
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 20, 1944 – February 11, 1969
Service recordDanny Joe Dodd, of St Albans, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1944
- Home of record
- St Albans, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 12
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 12
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 13
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 17
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
From St Albans
- GORDON LEE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1965
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.