Rank/Rate: Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class
Service Number: 295 40 54
Birth Date: December 15, 1917
From: Portland, Connecticut
Decorations: Purple Heart
Submarine: USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date: October 25, 1944
Location: Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances: Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Remarks: William was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Tang (SS-306)
On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Tang (SS-306)
Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 William Edwin Dorsey (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)