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JAMES DOLLARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1946 – March 15, 1969
Service recordJames Dollard, of Hemingway, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Hemingway, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 44
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- STEVEN DEAN CHURCHWARDLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 43
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 43
- MORGAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 50
From Hemingway
- FLOYD ALLEN CRIBBPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- LLOYD VERNON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.