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THOMAS PHILLIP DAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1946 – June 11, 1969
Service recordThomas Phillip Dawson, of Kingston, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingston, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 19
- PAUL CORR JRSergeant · June 11, 1969
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · June 11, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GLENN SEKVACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 24
- RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 26
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Kingston
- JAMES ALBERT BROCKCorporal · April 5, 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.