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ROBERT WILLIAM DOSS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1937 – April 27, 1965
Service recordRobert William Doss, of Richmond, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 27, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 109
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 109
- RANDALL KENNETH CAMPBELLLance Corporal · April 25, 1965
- CARL RICHARD WENZELPrivate First Class · April 25, 1965
- WILLIAM CLESSON SELLERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 26, 1965
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
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.