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EDWARD RAY DODGE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
December 16, 1933 – December 31, 1964
Service recordEdward Ray Dodge, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 31, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 80
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 31, 1964
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1964; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 80
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.