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JEFFREY BRUNS DODGE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Bruns Dodge, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Power Plant Chief (52M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 49
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- DAVID JOHN ELLEFSONLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- DOUGLAS P MCCORKLE JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 49
- DOUGLAS P MCCORKLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 49
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 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.