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PAUL ALONZO DODSON SR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 18, 1941 – June 30, 1971
Service recordPaul Alonzo Dodson SR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 94
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 94
- CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- PHILLIP WAYNE BRIDGESSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- GERALD CLINTON HINSDALESpecialist Five · June 30, 1971
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.