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RONALD WAYNE DODGE
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1936 – May 17, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Dodge, of San Diego, California, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on May 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- June 17, 1936
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 17, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 20E, Line 14
- WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.