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WILLIE CLAY DOZIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1943 – March 25, 1969
Service recordWillie Clay Dozier, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 34
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL ROY DUNNSergeant · March 25, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 32
- STEVE FLAHERTYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 35
- CARTER LEE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 35
- ROBERT F MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 35
- PRENTICE WAYNE HICKSSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 37
- MICHAEL LEE MALINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 38
- RENE CLARENCE MISCHEAUXCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 38
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
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.