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ROBERT LEE DORSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1929 – August 16, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Dorsey, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Warehouseman (56B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 12
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES WHITESpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BECKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1966
- RAY FORDYCEStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1966
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 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.