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WILLIAM DOWDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1946 – June 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Dowdy, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 80
- ANTHONY GILMOREPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JOHN EDISON HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 82
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.