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EMMIT CHARLES DANSBY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordEmmit Charles Dansby, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 2
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- PATRICK LEROY MANSFIELDCorporal · May 12, 1968
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 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.