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JIMMIE ALAN DOLEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJimmie Alan Dolen, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- 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
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 9
- RAYMOND LEE COOKCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH CRADEURSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CORTLAND ELLIS DENNISONCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE DOWNINGPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WADE RUSSELL REAUMECorporal · March 25, 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.