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FREDDY DEAN DODSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1940 – June 30, 1964
Service recordFreddy Dean Dodson, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- UTT HELO CO 52 AVN BN MACV
- Born
- February 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 56
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
From Marshall
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 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.