Name:
Wilson Brown Dodson
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-09
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia
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When Wilson Brown Dodson was born on August 3, 1895, in Norfolk, Virginia, his father, Leonidas, was 24 and his mother, Sarah, was 23. He had one brother and three sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Lieutenant in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on October 9, 1918 (at the age of 23) in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA.