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EUGENE DAWSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – May 17, 1967
Service recordEugene Dawson, of Bentree, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Bentree, West Virginia (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 14
- WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE DODGECommander · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
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.