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CHARLES DOTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordCharles Doty, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 48
- ROBERT LEE DEVOEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD WINERFRED DUNCANCorporal · November 8, 1967
- LAWRENCE GERALD EVERTLieutenant Colonel · November 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE HILLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 47
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 49
- MARION F HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 49
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 50
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 51
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 52
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 53
- GARY WALTER SCHMITTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 54
- KENNETH WAYNE TINGLESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 55
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 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.