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EUGENE LEWIS DOTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – January 18, 1969
Service recordEugene Lewis Dotson, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 32
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 1969
- HARVEY JAMES DOUGLASPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES FREDRICK EISMANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDRICK EISMANSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 32
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 33
- JERRY LEE WARBRITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.