Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge, Drill Sergeant Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 9-Nov-1941
Hometown: Wister, Oklahoma
Marital status: Married to Lucille M. Dodd, one son
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Unknown
Start of tour: 25-Oct-1970
Incident date: 31-Dec-1970
Date of casualty: 31-Dec-1970
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Richard Eugene Dodd was killed while on a military mission when a booby trap detonated.
Four Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Roy Lee Chaney
PSG Richard Eugene Dodd
SGT Alfredo Salazar
SGT Dennis Wade Webster
Location of fatality: Binh Thuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington, USA
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