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DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordDouglas Alan Paige, of Baldwinsville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Baldwinsville, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 20
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- RANDALL ALAN OLSONLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JEROME OVERTONAirman · September 26, 1968
From Baldwinsville
- CARL HARVEY TORELLOSergeant First Class · December 26, 1965
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
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.