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DONEL JOE DOBBS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – March 17, 1972
Service recordDonel Joe Dobbs, of Gamaliel, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 115
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Gamaliel, Arkansas (Baxter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 115
- GEORGE WOLFGANG SEVIGNYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1972
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · March 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 115
- HOWARD ELMER DRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- TURNER COLEMAN JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 115
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 116
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 116
- COLUMBUS WATSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 117
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 117
- THURMAN WOODY JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 117
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.