Corporal Doherty was a member of Headquarters Company, 70th Medium Tank Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on 16 October 1951. He was presumed dead on 31 December 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Awards
Purple Heart
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation