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DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORD
Captain · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – March 16, 1969
Service recordDouglas Drue Gaylord, of St Peters, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 53
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- St Peters, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 53
- JOHN LEONARD GAWELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · March 16, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- RUDOLPH JONESSergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES KIRKSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 54
From St Peters
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD KEESLINGPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1969
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
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.