RAIDERS Dodson, Virgil Ryon, Jr.

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dodson​

• FORENAME

Virgil Ryon, Jr.​

• UNIT

1st Raider Battalion (Company B)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

488533​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th July 1943​

• AGE

18​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing.​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 05.02.1925, Dallas, Texas, USA​

father Virgil Ryon Dodson (1893-1959)​

mother Sadie Graham (nee Hogan) Dodson (1901-1994)​

attended Vickery-Hillcrest High School​

24.11.1942 enlisted Dallas, Texas​

Next of kin - from Texas. Mother, Mrs. Sadie Graham Dodson, 522 Miller Road, Vickery, Texas​

KIA Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands (Body not recovered)​

Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, USA. Fountain View (Memorial)​

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