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JOBIE CLAYTON DOZIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1939 – February 24, 1967
Service recordJobie Clayton Dozier, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- GEORGE HARRY DORSEY JRCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JOHNNIE LEE EVANSSpecialist Five · February 24, 1967
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 84
- RAYMON DALE KESLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 85
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 85
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.