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ROBERT ALAN DOTEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – January 4, 1971
Service recordRobert Alan Doten, of Dover, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Dover, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 25
- JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- GLEN CHARLES KLEINLance Corporal · January 4, 1971
- BRIAN ROBERT KOEHNSergeant · January 4, 1971
- BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · January 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN ROBERT KOEHNSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 25
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.