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DOUGLAS COMPTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – October 11, 1968
Service recordDouglas Compton, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 45
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 45
- VARISE HELTON CRABTREE JRSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- WILLIE C FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS HALEFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
From Glasgow
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.