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CARL SCOTT DOUGLAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – March 2, 1969
Service recordCarl Scott Douglas, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTHONY BOY CURCILance Corporal · March 2, 1969
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- BRIAN ROBERT ESTESCorporal · March 2, 1969
- EDWARD LEE GILLIARDSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 14
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · Panel 30W, Line 15
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.