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EDWIN EARL DOTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1942 – May 30, 1969
Service recordEdwin Earl Dotter, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 20
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 20
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · May 30, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUBOISLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD FROWNERSergeant · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 21
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 23
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 23
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.