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JOHN ERNEST DOBASH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Ernest Dobash, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 45
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- PAUL FAULKStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- FRED ANDREW HARTMAN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- PAUL R LUNSFORDMajor · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL ABBOTTCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 42
- JOHN EMERY BLADEKSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 43
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 45
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.