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DOUGLAS CRAIGLOW MABEE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – April 10, 1970
Service recordDouglas Craiglow Mabee, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 118
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL LOWESpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DWIGHT ANDREW MASLINSKISergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.