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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Richard Dolvin.

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JAMES RICHARD DOLVIN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

August 3, 1947 – June 18, 1969

Service record

James Richard Dolvin, of St Albans, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 75

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
5 INF DIV MECH
Born
August 3, 1947
Home of record
St Albans, New York (Queens County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 18, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 75

Same unit, same day

From St Albans

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.