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JAMES VERNON DAWSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 16, 1940 – July 16, 1969
Service recordJames Vernon Dawson, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 16, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 416 TFG SQ
- Born
- February 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 6
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- KENNETH MAX WILLISChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 16, 1969
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
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.