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DONALD EDWARD DAWSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Dawson JR, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 48
- CLYDE LAWRENCE DEMELLOCorporal · February 9, 1968
- LOYAL BARON DOTYPetty Officer First Class · February 9, 1968
- ARNOLD MAX DURYEAPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- STANTON RICHARD DYKELance Corporal · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHMOND ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 43
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 44
- JAMES JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 45
- SALVADOR M L BANAGA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 47
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 47
- JOSE G CORTEZSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 47
- ARNOLD MAX DURYEAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 48
- CECIL WAYNE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 49
- WILLIAM JACOB GOLDBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 49
- NORMAN CHARLES KISSINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 50
- CHARLES EDWIN HOFFMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 51
- GREGORY THOMAS IDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 52
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 52
- MARK SAMUEL KAYESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 53
- MICHAEL GEORGE KINDREDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 53
- RUSSELL WALTER KRILLSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 54
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 54
- CHARLES PATRICK MCCAFFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- JAMES GARRETT MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- SAMUEL T MCDOWELL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 57
- JERRY A NOVAKOVICHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 57
- RICHARD PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 58
- DAVID DONALD REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 59
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.