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EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – October 20, 1971
Service recordEdward Joseph Doggett, of Vandalia, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1971, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 45
- RICHARD JOSEPH PRIVITARCaptain · October 20, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1971
- HERMAN CURTIS CAHOONSergeant First Class · October 21, 1971
- PAUL RAYMOND FOLTZLieutenant · October 21, 1971
From Vandalia
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE SHIPLEYStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
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.