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WILLIAM DAVID DOWD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – January 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Dowd, of Richland, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Richland, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 47
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER DOYLELance Corporal · January 5, 1968
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- RALPH EUGENE FOULKS JRLieutenant · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 44
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 50
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 50
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 52
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 52
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 53
- RICHARD EARL SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 54
From Richland
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- CLYDE EDWARD MURRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- MARK STEPHEN BLACKPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOKPlatoon Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
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.