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WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – July 3, 1970
Service recordWilliam Timothy Dorsey, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 115
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- LOUIS JOHN CROSBYSergeant · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FRAKESCorporal · July 3, 1970
- NELSON MICHAEL HYLERPetty Officer Second Class · July 3, 1970
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 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.