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JOHN ROBERT DAWSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1944 – October 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Dawson, of Adrian, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- May 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 81
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- LINDEN BROOK DIXONCorporal · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JEROME FONSECAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
From Adrian
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ALLEN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DALE L E DAVISSergeant · February 15, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- DUANE RICHARD KEILSergeant · July 3, 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.