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DOUGLAS E GOOGINS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1949 – January 14, 1968
Service recordDouglas E Googins JR, of Yarmouth, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Yarmouth, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 48
- BILLY G COLLINSStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1968
- NOLAN DONALD HABERMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HARRISLance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN HEALYCorporal · January 14, 1968
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
From Yarmouth
- ROBERT WHITE BOYDFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- CLINTON EUGENE TIBBETTSTechnical Sergeant · July 28, 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.