Dodge, Anthony Gaylord, MSG

Anthony Dodge was born on March 19, 1938, in North Carolina. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 23, 1956, completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in March 1956, and completed Advanced Individual Training as an Artillery Fire Control Crewman at Fort Bliss, Texas, in June 1956. His first assignment was as an Artillery Fire Control Crewman with Battery B, 550th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion at Norfolk, Virginia, from June to November 1956, followed by service as a Radar Operator and Ammo Handler with Battery C, 25th Anti-Aircraft Battalion in West Germany from November 1956 to September 1958. Sgt Dodge next served as a Fire Control Helper with Battery C, 4th Missile Battalion of the 6th Artillery Regiment in West Germany from September 1958 to August 1959, and then as a Fire Control Operator with Battery C, 3rd Missile Battalion of the 562nd Artillery Regiment at La Plata, Maryland, from August 1959 to September 1961. He served as a Radar Operator with the 502nd Airborne Company of the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas, from September 1961 to January 1963, followed by service as a Radar Operator with 1st Brigade of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam from January to July 1963. Sgt Dodge next served as a Radar Operator with the 15th Aviation Company in South Vietnam from July 1963 to February 1964, and then as a Drone Aircraft Operator with Company G (CET) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, from February 1964 to June 1965. After completing Airborne School, Special Forces training, and Intelligence School, Sgt Dodge served as an Intelligence Sergeant with Company B, 6th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from March 1966 to July 1967, followed by service as an Intelligence Sergeant with Company B, 5th Special Forces Group in South Vietnam from July 1967 to September 1968. His next assignment was as an instructor with the Special Forces Training Group and then the U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance at Fort Bragg from September 1968 to March 1971. During this time he served as the Radio Telephone Operator with Headquarters Element of the Blueboy Assault Group during the Son Tay Raid, a clandestine mission to rescue American Prisoners of War in North Vietnam on November 21, 1970. Sgt Dodge next served as Assistant Operations NCO with the U.S. Army Vietnam Training Advisory Group in South Vietnam from May 1971 to March 1972, followed by service as Intelligence Sergeant and then Operations Sergeant with Company A, 3rd Battalion of the 5th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg from April 1972 until his retirement from the Army on February 1, 1976. Anthony Dodge died on March 22, 2013, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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