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DOUGLAS EALEY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1942 – October 19, 1968
Service recordDouglas Ealey, of Glassboro, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Glassboro, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · October 19, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD DEHNERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS DOOLITTLESpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER DUSARTSergeant · October 19, 1968
From Glassboro
- RICHARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
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.