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JAMES ERWIN DODD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1926 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJames Erwin Dodd, of Ft Ritchie, Maryland, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 96
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1926
- Home of record
- Ft Ritchie, Maryland (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 96
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- DAVID KARL ERENSTOFTWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1970
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
- ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWASergeant · March 8, 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.