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DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – August 26, 1967
Service recordDouglas Dewey Wallin, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 48
- DENIS DUANE MATTHEISSpecialist Four · August 26, 1967
- CARY PAUL QUEENSergeant · August 26, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- VLADIMIR HENRY BACIKLieutenant Colonel · August 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · Panel 25E, Line 47
From Rochester
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 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.