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Joseph Conway Dodd, Jr.

Graduating Class of 1918
Served in World War I
Attached photograph of Corporal Dodd, Jr.

Corporal
Joseph Conway Dodd, Jr.

Army
30th Engineers

Hometown

Louisville, KY

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Unknown

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, France

More About Corporal Dodd, Jr.

Corporal Dodd, along with seven others, was tasked with repairing a road for future advancement in France. Word of the proposed advance reached the enemy, which resulted in an attack. This caused Corporal Dodd and the others to seek safety in a shell hole, where he was gassed and received various wounds.

He died of various shrapnel wounds received in an attack.