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ORIE JOHN DUBBELD JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – March 3, 1971
Service recordOrie John Dubbeld JR, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Cocoa Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 18
- LESLIE CLYDE HICKSSergeant · March 2, 1971
- ANDREW JOSEPH TOTH JRPetty Officer First Class · March 2, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
- ROY RAYMOND DUKESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD DUNCANSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 19
From Cocoa Beach
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- RANDOLPH BURNS MCKELLIPSSergeant · February 23, 1971
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.