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LON DOUGHERTY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – February 21, 1970
Service recordLon Dougherty JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 41
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 41
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- JAMES CLINTON DEFRANCOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY THOMAS BEARDSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 40
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.