Listed but not pictured in Later Yearbooks

Dallas Resident Killed in Action
Funeral arrangements for Sp. 4 W. T. Dotson, 22, of 13814 charcoal Ln., who was killed Sept 21 while on active duty in Vietnam, are incomplete at Rhoton-Weiland-Merritt Funeral Home in Carrollton.
A lifetime resident of Dallas, Dotson had been stationed in Vietnam for 17 months. He attended R. L. Turner high School.
Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dotson, Jr. of Farmers Branch; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dotson of Rockport, Aransas County; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Weaver of Farmers Branch.
 

The Dallas Morning News - September 27, 1970
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

DOTSON
William Thomas III, 13814 Charcoal Lane, Farmers Branch. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Dotson Jr., Farmers Branch; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Dotson Sr., Rockport, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Weaver, Farmers Branch. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Rhoton-Weiland-Merritt Chapel. Rev. D. L. Wadley and Rev. Orville Barger officiating. Interment Restland.
RHOTON-WEILAND-MERRITT
Carrollton  CH2-5261

The Dallas Morning News - September 28, 1970
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

PERSONAL DATA
  Home of Record:  Dallas, TX
  Date of birth:   10/26/1947

MILITARY DATA
  Service:         Army of the United States
  Grade at loss:   E4
  Rank:            Sergeant
  Note:            Posthumous Promotion as indicated
  ID No:           451788063
  MOS:             67A1F: Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (Flight Qual)
  Length Service:  **
  Unit:            C CO, 158TH AHB, 101ST AVN GROUP, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA
  Start Tour:      04/13/1969
  Casualty Date:   09/20/1970
  Incident Date:   09/20/1970
  Age at Loss:     22
  Location:        Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
  Remains:         Body recovered
  Casualty Type:   Hostile, died outright
  Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Crew

ON THE WALL        Panel 07W Line 076

BELOVED SON
WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON, III
OCT. 26, 1947
SEPT. 19, 1970

Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Plot: Garden of the Last Supper