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MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1945 – April 14, 1972
Service recordMitchel Anthony Dowdy, of Jefferson, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 136
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Georgia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 136
- DAVID LEVERETT LEETCaptain · April 13, 1972
- RONALD AVERY MALLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1972
- JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAFLieutenant · April 14, 1972
- CLEMIE MCKINNEYLieutenant Commander · April 14, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ROY EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 137
From Jefferson
- JOHN GAYLEALON DAVISPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
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.