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DONALD DAVID DOUGLAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1950 – June 18, 1970
Service recordDonald David Douglas, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 63
- RAFAEL ALBERT CHAVEZChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 18, 1970
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · June 18, 1970
- ROBERT CLARK DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.