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HAROLD CARL DAWSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1948 – May 19, 1969
Service recordHarold Carl Dawson JR, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Wellsburg, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 53
- CHRISTOPHER C DONAHUELance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- WILEY B EARLEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1969
- JOEL WAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- DAVID PETER GAUCHELance Corporal · May 19, 1969
From Wellsburg
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON DURBINCorporal · August 5, 1967
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- HARRY ELMER LAUCKSpecialist Four · July 14, 1970
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.