Robert Ocar Dotson was the son of Onley Robert Dotson and Mary Jane Farr. He was married to Addie Lucille Garland and was the father of Norma Esther Dotson who died at the age of 1 and Mildred Dotson.
He entered the Service From Tennessee
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Died Wednesday, July 26, 1944
Buried at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Plot D Row 18 Grave 12
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 20 August 1944
Sgt. Robert O. Dotson, former Alcoa employe, has been reported missing in action in France since July 26, according to word received from the War Department by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Dotson, of Maryville, R. 1. Sgt. Dotson has been in service four years and has been overseas since last January. Members of the family include Mrs. Dotson, and a daughter, Mildred; a sister, Mrs. Fred Shearl; and four brothers, Henry, Luther, Tip and Jimmy Dotson.
His widow’s obituary:
Addie Lucille Saffles, age 86, Maryville, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at her home. She was a member of Broadway Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Oscar Dotson, who died during World War 11; and their first baby daughter, Norma Dotson; Harrison Frank Saffles…..
The Maryville and Alcoa Daily Times, August 31, 1945
Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at Dotson Memorial church for S-Sgt. Robert O. Dotson, who was killed on July 26, 1944, while serving with the 117th Infantry in France. He is survived by his wife, Lucile Graham Dotson and baby daughter Mildred, four brothers, Rev. Jimmie Dotson, pastor of Everett Hill Baptist church, Henry, Luther and Tip Dotson, all of Maryville, and one sister, Mrs. Nell Shearl of Knoxville.
- Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Date of birth: 5 August 1914
- Date of death: 26 July 1944
- County: Monroe
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Normandy Campaign
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Top Panel
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