Funeral services for Dr. Richard K. Dorschler will be at 12:30pm Friday, November 2, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial with full military honors will follow in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma.

Dr. Richard K. Dorschler, 85, Lawton passed away Monday, October 29, 2018 at his home in Lawton.  He was born December 11, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to Leonard and Margaret (Krebs) Dorschler.  He graduated from the University of Illinois in Health Education.  In college he also participated on the wrestling team and in weightlifting where he won numerous awards.  After graduation he was commissioned a 2 ^nd Lieutenant in the US Army in February of 1955.   During his 21 years in the Army he served in Germany, 3 tours in Korea, 2 tours in Japan, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.  He was the commanding officer of Camp Drake Japan from 1969 – 1972.  He retired at Fort Monroe, Virginia as Deputy Post Commander in January 1976 as a Lieutenant Colonel.  He married his first wife Noriko of Sapporo, Japan at the American Embassy in Tokyo on January 30, 1962.  She passed away March 28, 2016.  He then married Yu Kuon Sook on September 1, 2016 in Lawton.  His military awards include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.  Following his Army retirement, he attended the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.  He graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree (Cum Laude) in 1979.  He was licensed in Oklahoma, Florida and Texas.  He was in private practice in Lawton from 1979 until 1995, at which time he was the first Chiropractic Physician to be hired by the Department of Defense for Reynolds Army Hospital on Fort Sill.  He practiced at Reynolds until 2003 when he retired.  He was a member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association, Palmer College Alumni, Kappa Sigma Alumni Association, Phi Epsilon Kappa Honorary Scholastic Fraternity, Scabbard and Blade Military Fraternity, Former Board Chairman of the Armed Forces YMCA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Association of the US Army, Life Member of American Military Officers Association, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of World Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, the Oklahoma State Chiropractic Association, Texas Chiropractic Association, Florida Chiropractic Association and the Kiwanis Club.

Survivors include his wife Kuon Sook Dorschler of the home, step-son Don Cuffel of Wichita Falls, Texas, his brother Glen Eugene Dorschler of Sprague, Washington and two step-nieces, Machiko Fujii and Kitoto Sato both of Sapporo, Japan.