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DENNIS EUGENE DAWSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDennis Eugene Dawson, of Dixon, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Dixon, Illinois (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 25
- THOMAS ELBERT CREEKLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- DANNY KAY CROTHERSLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- THOMAS GAYLON FISHERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE HENRYLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP ROBERT FRANKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 26
- JOHN WILLIAM MENDEZSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 27
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 28
From Dixon
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- MELVIN VERNON LEVANSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.