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DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – October 9, 1967
Service recordDouglas Edward Atwood, of Murray, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 79
- MAURICE JOHN BIEHNPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- THOMAS URBAN WAYPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDGAR ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 83
From Murray
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 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.