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ROBERT EDWARD DORSE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1950 – January 7, 1970
Service recordRobert Edward Dorse JR, of Waterford, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Waterford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 7
- DEAN ALLYN WILDERSPINLance Corporal · January 6, 1970
- LARRY ALAN BRADLEYCorporal · January 7, 1970
- RICHARD LEE DICUSSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES ERKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 7, 1970
From Waterford
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS VINCENT DAILEYSenior Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
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.