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WESLEY GEORGE DOTY
Fireman · U.S. Navy
September 9, 1948 – September 12, 1968
Service recordWesley George Doty, of Sussex, New Jersey, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Sussex, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 36
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT DICKINSONFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE DUNNLance Corporal · September 12, 1968
From Sussex
- ROBERT MERRITT PINNELL JRSergeant · March 21, 1967
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
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.