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DOUGLAS DUANE KERN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – November 16, 1966
Service recordDouglas Duane Kern, of Billings, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 79
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- SAMMY JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 79
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
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.