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DORRIS ALBERT IVEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1937 – January 13, 1966
Service recordDorris Albert Ivey, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 70
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 2, 1937
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 70
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD WILLIAM POHLPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 71
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
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.