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JOHN LEE DOBROSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – January 17, 1971
Service recordJohn Lee Dobroski, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 52
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 52
- WILLIAM B BLACKMON JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- ALBERT LEE BROWNStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- DAVID WILLIAM COONCorporal · January 17, 1971
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM B BLACKMON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 52
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.