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DAWSON JESSE ATWOOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – September 26, 1968
Service recordDawson Jesse Atwood, of Martinsville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Indiana (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; seven of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 22
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- ARTURO BROWN RIVASStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- CARLTON ROSSCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW RUSCITOPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 16
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 19
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Martinsville
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RUSSELL IRWIN EVANSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEALSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.