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DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordDennis William Dotson, of El Centro, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 13
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1949
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 13
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN HARTWELLSergeant · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 13
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 14
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 14
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 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.