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ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1942 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Dorshak, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 14
- ALLAN GEORGE DECKERLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DOLBOWPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL BANION DOOLEYStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- GERARD JOSEPH DUNNESergeant · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · Panel 46W, Line 20
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOHN STOPYRASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOKCaptain · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.