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JERALD LEON DOZIER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1931 – October 13, 1965
Service recordJerald Leon Dozier, of Phillips, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 121
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Phillips, Texas (Hutchinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 121
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LIPTOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 122
From Phillips
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
- DAVID LYNN RECKPetty Officer Second Class · December 21, 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.