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WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – September 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Thomas Dotson III, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 76
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · September 20, 1970
- LARRY RUSSELL BUSICKPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 76
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 76
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 77
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 78
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.