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ROY GEREAD DORSETT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRoy Geread Dorsett, of Superior, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Superior, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 15
- KENNETH LEE DREWPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD DUTRASpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- RONALD EARL EBERLECorporal · June 29, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
From Superior
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- LEONARD EUGENE FRITZPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT LUIS ROMEROPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- JERRELL RAY JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.