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CHARLES DUDLEY DORMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordCharles Dudley Dorman, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 2
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- PATRICK LEROY MANSFIELDCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 29
- ROBERT MELVIN FLETCHERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · Panel 59E, Line 10
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 11
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
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.