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MICHAEL ROBERT DOTSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 14, 1946 – July 2, 1967
Service recordMichael Robert Dotson, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 101
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 101
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- PAUL GLENN FORBES JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROGER HUNTER FRIESNERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.