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ISAIAH ANTHONY DOBBINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1944 – February 7, 1967
Service recordIsaiah Anthony Dobbins, of Magnolia, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Magnolia, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “162 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 4
- KENNETH LAMAR DEAVERS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1967
- JAMES HENRY DUNCANSergeant First Class · February 7, 1967
- BARRY EDWARD EVERTPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- WILLARD ANSEL GODFREYSpecialist Five · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD ANSEL GODFREYSpecialist Five · Panel 15E, Line 4
From Magnolia
- JOHN MICHAEL REIDCorporal · May 10, 1967
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER SCOTTSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- FRANK WILLIAM HUMESCorporal · July 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.