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JAMES CARLINE DOBSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1946 – October 14, 1966
Service recordJames Carline Dobson, of Shively, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Shively, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 73
- DENNIS WALTER WATERMANSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
From Shively
- GERALD M HELLMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · February 26, 1971
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.