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DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1945 – February 26, 1966
Service recordDouglas Dwight Alley, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 78
- GEORGE WALLY WOODALLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · February 26, 1966
From Newark
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.