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DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – December 31, 1968
Service recordDouglas Alan Dugger, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 11
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · December 31, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES CZARNECKISergeant · December 31, 1968
- JOHN JACOB MCLAY JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 14
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.