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DEBROW DOZIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1946 – June 3, 1966
Service recordDebrow Dozier, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 2
- JOHN OTIS FINNICUMStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- LUTHER LEE ROSEChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN H GAYMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 5
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 5
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
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.