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DORSEY MINCEY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – August 25, 1970
Service recordDorsey Mincey III, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 6
- CHARLES HENRY MEAKINSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JACK MOSS JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 1970
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 3
- JACK MOSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
- JERRY MELTON STILLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.