WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSON

              28E, 21

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WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSON
is honored on Panel 28E, Row 21 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Full Name: WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSON
Wall Name: WESLEY E DODSON
Date of Birth: 4/12/1947
Date of Casualty: 10/17/1967
Home of Record: ROBINSON
County of Record: LAWRENCE COUNTY
State: PA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: PFC
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: BINH LONG

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The following remembrances have been left at The Virtual Wall for WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSON:

We Remember - Posted by Robert Sage
Wesley is buried at German Lutheran Cemetery in Indiana, PA. PH

Wesley at Basic Training - Posted by Donald Dodson
I have been trying to get a picture of Wesley posted on as many sites as possible hoping that someone else …

I'll always remember you - Posted by Bonnie Long
It took me so long to really believe you were not coming home. I have resigned myself to that now. Thank …

A Surviving Brother - Posted by Brother
I mourned for you then and I miss you today. I think I see you walking down the other side of the street …

Your new Great Nephew - Posted by Donnie and Nathan
Wesley, you would be proud, my Son, Nathan Wesley Dodson, your Nephew. Is having his first child in …

Today I remember my cousin - Posted by Judy
The Vietnam War Memorial Wall replica was in my town this weekend and it reminded me of you and the fun …

The Day He Died - Posted by Michael Myers
You can read about the ambush of the Black Lions that took PFC Dodson and many of his fellow soldiers in …

In Honored Remembrance of Private Dodson - Posted by Michael Robert Patterson
This article appeared in Newsweek in October 1967 and is about the battle that claimed Private Dodson's …

Never forgotten - Posted by Thomas Hinger
You gave all so that others may live. You will never be forgotten. Black Lions!


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