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CECIL EVERETT DORSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – September 24, 1966
Service recordCecil Everett Dorsey, of Du Quoin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Du Quoin, Illinois (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 7
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · September 24, 1966
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Du Quoin
- GLENN REVELLELance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.