Jefferson S. Dotson

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  www.pownetwork.org/bios/d/d077.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/11/2001    Last Visited: 7/30/2003  

  Jefferson S. Dotson, pilot, and Capt. Lee Gourley, his rear-seat co-pilot, departed Tuy Hoa Airbase located on the coast of central South Vietnam on a "Misty" Forward Air Control (FAC) mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in central Laos.
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  The aircraft Dotson and Gourley flew, the F100 Super Sabre, had been specially modified a few years before to include a second crewman.
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  Gourley and Dotson were not on a Wild Weasel mission, however, and on the FAC mission this day, no bombs were loaded.
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  Although there was normally no scheduled air backup or escort on a FAC mission, and Gourley and Jefferson had none, other aircraft which happened to be in the area provide information as to what happened to Dotson and Gourley as they flew near Sepone in Savannakhet Province, Laos.
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  Dotson and Gourley were classified Missing in Action.
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  It is certainly reasonable to speculate that Gourley and Dotson survived to be captured.
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  Lee Gourley and Jefferson Dotson pledged to "keep the faith" with their country.
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  The remains found at the crash site in Vietnam this past spring were those of their son and brother, Jefferson Scott "Scotty" Dotson, who had been missing in action since 1969.
  
  It was the official notification of what the family had suspected ever since they learned his plane had gone down behind enemy lines in Laos.

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  AII POW-MIA InterNetwork - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/17/2002    Last Visited: 11/4/2002  

  Jefferson Scott Dotson, she said.
  
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  Dotson was an F-100F copilot shot down over Laos on Aug. 9, 1969.Later that year, he was promoted to captain while in MIA status.
  
  In an unusual coincidence, Dotson's remains had been repatriated and identified earlier this year.

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  Aerospace World News--December 2002 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/15/2002    Last Visited: 12/4/2002  

  Capt. Jefferson S. Dotson, an Air Force fighter pilot missing in action during the Vietnam War, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery Oct. 25.
  
  Dotson was listed as missing following a mission on Aug. 9, 1969, when he and fellow pilot Capt. Lee Gourley flew an F-100F along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to gather intelligence.Dotson officially was declared dead on April 26, 1976.
  
  Remains believed to be those of Dotson were discovered in December 2001 and subsequent DNA tests confirmed the identification.
  
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  Air Force Times - News - More News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/26/2002    Last Visited: 9/26/2002  

  Jefferson Scott Dotson, she said.
  
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  Dotson was an F-100F copilot shot down over Laos on Aug. 9, 1969.Later that year, he was promoted to captain while in MIA status.
  
  In an unusual coincidence, Dotson's remains had been repatriated and identified earlier this year.

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  Air Force Week in Photos - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/21/2002    Last Visited: 2/1/2003  

  WASHINGTON -- The remains of Air Force Capt. Jefferson S. Dotson are carried to his final resting place by members of the Army's Old Guard Caisson Platoon during a full-honors funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, D.C., on Oct. 25.Dotson, an F-100 Super Sabre pilot, was declared missing in action 33 years ago when his fighter went down during a mission over the Ho Chi Minh trail in central Laos.Dotson's remains were discovered last spring near his jet's crash site and were identified through DNA testing. (Photo by Tech. Sgt.

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  Greeley Tribune - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/10/2002    Last Visited: 3/27/2004  

  David A. Brubaker during the funeral for Capt. Jefferson Scott Dotson.
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  Jefferson Scott Dotson, went missing over Laos.
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  More than 300 people wore the bracelets that carried the name of Goetzel's husband, Jefferson Scott Dotson.

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  Greeley Tribune - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/10/2002    Last Visited: 3/17/2003  

  David A. Brubaker during the funeral for Capt. Jefferson Scott Dotson.
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  Jefferson Scott Dotson, went missing over Laos.
  
  But the story begins long before this day at Arlington National Cemetery.And it begins far away, in tiny Pound, Va.
  
  It is a storybook time.Scotty is a senior at Pound High School, and despite his small size, he's a guard on the football team, named honorable mention all-state in 1962.Since he was 14, the football hero has been dating a cheerleader, Mary Ann Hollyfield, and now that he's a senior and she's a junior, they know they're in love.
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  More than 300 people wore the bracelets that carried the name of Goetzel's husband, Jefferson Scott Dotson.The bracelets honored people who were missing in action and prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.

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  Military & Aerospace News: The latest in technology... - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 10/30/2002  

  Capt. Jefferson S. Dotson of Pound, Va., served during the Vietnam War with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron from Tuy Hoa Air Base, Republic of South Vietnam.
  
  Dotson graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1966.He entered the Air Force in 1967 and deployed to South Vietnam the following year.Early Aug. 9, 1969, then-1st Lt.Dotson and fellow pilot Capt. Lee Gourley embarked on a forward air control mission in an F-100F Super Sabre to collect intelligence information along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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  Dotson was officially declared dead by the Air Force on April 26, 1976.He had been missing in action for nearly seven years and would have been 31 years old.
  
  In December 2001, the U.S. government returned what were believed to be the remains of Dotson and Goruley.DNA tests confirmed those beliefs.

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  P & K Military Antiques - Miscellaneous Military - [Cached Version]
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  V/N era MIA bracelet for Capt. Jefferson Scott Dotson 8-9-69

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  United States Air Force Personnel Buried In Arlington... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/28/2003    Last Visited: 4/28/2003  

  Jefferson S. Dotson, Captain, Missing Over Vietnam In 1969 - Returned Home In 2002

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