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SEAN PAUL DODSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordSean Paul Dodson, of Sparta, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Sparta, Tennessee (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 101
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- BRUCE DAVISCorporal · March 4, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRANIARD WARRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 111
From Sparta
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- ALVIN DALE HUTCHINGSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- WILLIAM CORDELL ALLEN JRPrivate · June 24, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
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.