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JOHN JAMES DAWES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1932 – May 5, 1966
Service recordJohn James Dawes, of Madera, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 29
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
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Madera, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 29
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- CLIFTON LEROY BACONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- EUGENE CHRISCOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JOEL DANIEL COLEMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
From Madera
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 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.