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RICHARD WAYNE DOTSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1941 – December 26, 1970
Service recordRichard Wayne Dotson, of Dorton, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Dorton, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 8
- DONALD JOSEPH KNEBELPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- RICHARD J KNICKERBOCKERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESESpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- BILLY RANDY FARRIORPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
From Dorton
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
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.