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JOHN TILLMAN DOZIER II
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1951 – June 18, 1971
Service recordJohn Tillman Dozier II, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 80
- PHILLIP LEWIS LEEFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1971
- VINCENT WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BIDWELLPetty Officer Second Class · June 18, 1971
- RAYMOND VINCE DEBLASIO JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 18, 1971
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.