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JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordJohnny Lewis Dover JR, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 13
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)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 13
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN HARTWELLSergeant · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 12
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN PODNARSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 16
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
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.