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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TEHLE DAVID M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DOLLAR GENERAL CORP [DG] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP & Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MISSION RIDGE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/08/2011 (Street) GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/08/2011   M   10,188 A $ 2.1875 19,328 D   Common Stock 09/08/2011   M   79,458 A $ 7.9975 98,786 D   Common Stock 09/08/2011   F   3,163.0557 D $ 35 95,622.9443 D   Common Stock 09/08/2011   F   40,500.6764 D $ 35 55,122.2679 D   Common Stock 09/08/2011   D   0.9443 D $ 35 55,121.3236 D   Common Stock 09/08/2011   D   0.3236 D $ 35 55,121 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 7.9975

09/08/2011

M

79,458

(1)

07/06/2017

Common Stock

79,458

$ 0

439,613 (2)

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 2.1875

09/08/2011

M

10,188

(3)

08/09/2014

Common Stock

10,188

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TEHLE DAVID M 100 MISSION RIDGE GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072			EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Susan S. Lanigan, Attorney-in-Fact		09/09/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The securities reported in column 5 of this row vested as to 16,215 shares on March 20, 2008, 62,857 shares on July 6, 2008 and 386 shares on March 19, 2009.
(2)	The number of securities reported in this column represents (a) 251,428 options that are subject to time-vesting criteria, 188,571 of which are vested and the remainder of which are scheduled to vest on July 6, 2012; and (b) 188,185 options which vested after the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance-vesting criteria. The number of securities reported in this column does not include 62,857 options which are scheduled to vest on the Issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria for the fiscal year ending February 3, 2012.
(3)	The securities reported in column 5 of this row vested as to 25% on August 9, 2005 and as to 75% on February 3, 2006.

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