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ERNEST DEAN DODSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – January 3, 1969
Service recordErnest Dean Dodson, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 24
- PETER BINSTOCK JRCorporal · January 3, 1969
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE BROWNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD CASESpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 25
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 28
- LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.