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WILLIAM JOHN DAWSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Dawson, of Redwood City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortuary Affairs Specialist (57F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 66
- REGINALD WAYNE BURRISSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · August 19, 1969
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 66
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
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.