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JOHN LARRY DODSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 3, 1941 – July 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Larry Dodson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Born
- November 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 56
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- MAXWELL STOWELL FRANTZHospitalman · July 22, 1966
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ROY FLORES MENOLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.