Cecil Everett Dorsey
Private First Class
1ST PLT, G CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Du Quoin, Illinois
December 24, 1946 to September 24, 1966
CECIL E DORSEY is on the Wall at Panel 11E, Line 7

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Cecil E Dorsey
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31 Dec 2001

We called him Skip, a nickname that had stuck with him since a child. He was only 19 when he was killed near Quang Tri. He wrote of terrible conditions he had to endure. He entered the service on Jan. 6, 1966 and was killed by Sept. 24. He was so young, had his whole life ahead of him yet. We wish he were still here.

Sadly missed by his sisters,
Myrtle, Diane and Pat
boles@midwest.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 24 Sep 1966, Golf Company, 2/7 Marines, was one of the units involved in Operation Prairie in Quang Tri Province just south of the Demilitarized Zone. While moving through an unfamiliar area, the company came under intense mortar, machine-gun and sniper fire from what was later estimated to be a North Vietnamese regiment. By the time the fighting ended, Golf 2/7 had lost ten men, and Fox 2/7 two more:
  • F Company:
  • G Company:
    • Pfc Cecil E. Dorsey, Du Quion, IL
    • Pfc James E. Graham, Rochester, PA
    • Pfc John T. Klump, Marshallville, OH
    • Pfc Burns W. Knowlton, Pittsfield, ME
    • LCpl Rexford A. Larock, Parish, NY
    • HN Gerald C. McKeen, Sac City, IA (Navy Cross) (H&S Co with Golf 2/7)
    • Sgt Clyde Minix, North Judson, IN
    • Sgt Robert P. Minor, Philadelphia, PA
    • Pfc Howard G. Morrison, Elko, NV
    • Pfc Daniel J. Rusnell, Vestaburg, MI

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