James Irving Dodd

Private, 5th Regiment, 2nd Division, AEF, U. S. Marine Corps

Killed in Action, Belleau, France, 6 June 1918.

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Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.


JAMES IRVING DODD, born 1 July 1899 at Washington County, Ohio, was the son of James F. Dodd and Margaret Ann "Anna" Miller.

1900 Census, Warren Twp., Washington County, Ohio
#62
James Dodd, Head, 51, Teamster, b. Apr 1849, Pa.
Margaret A. Dodd, Wife, 43, b. Mar 1857, Pa.
Finley L. Dodd, Son, 22, Day Laborer, b. Mar 1878, Pa.
Addison C. Dodd, Son, b. June 1882, b. Pa.
Raymond C. Dodd, Son, 17, b. Feb 1884, Pa.
Cora C. Dodd, Daughter, 12, b. July 1887, Ohio
Wynona Dodd, 10, Daughter, b. July 1889, Ohio
John D. Dodd, Son, 6, b. July 1893, Ohio
Ida L. Dodd, Daughter, 4, b. Feb 1896, Ohio
James I. Dodd, Son, 10 months, b. July 1899, Ohio

The father died 1 November 1900 in Washington County, Ohio.
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1910 Census, Lincoln District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#107 - Georgia Street
Anna M. Dodd, Head, 53, Widow, b. Pa.
Wynona A. Dodd, Daughter, 20, Saleslady Dry Goods, b. Ohio
John B. Dodd, Son, 17, Wagon Driver Milk Route, b. Ohio
Ida L. Dodd, Daughter, 14, b. Ohio
James I. Dodd, Son, 10, b. Ohio

James was KIA on the first day of The Battle of Belleau Wood, France.
He is buried at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France,
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James overstated his age in order to serve.
He joined the Marines in 1916 at age 17.

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