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DOUGLAS ALAN NIEBOER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 26, 1950 – September 11, 1970
Service recordDouglas Alan Nieboer, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 11, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 56
- JAMES LEONARD KNOBLESFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- ALBERT MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1970
- BARNEY KING NEAL JRLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 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.