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VICTOR LOUIS DODDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – July 18, 1968
Service recordVictor Louis Doddy, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 3
- BILLY LEE COOKSpecialist Five · July 18, 1968
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD DAVISSergeant · July 18, 1968
- HERMAN DERL DUNCANStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ELKINTONCorporal · July 18, 1968
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.