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JAMES EDWIN DOSSETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – October 5, 1967
Service recordJames Edwin Dossett, of Geneva, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Geneva, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 52
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · October 5, 1967
- HAROLD CONWAY DOSS JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
From Geneva
- JAMES FIELDING WOHRERFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 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.