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DOUGLAS EDWARD LOHMEYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – May 17, 1969
Service recordDouglas Edward Lohmeyer, of Sacramento, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 33
- JAMES BRUCE JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLEY MACLEODSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- RONALD EARL PACEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- GILBERT WAYNE PAGESergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 28
- HERBERT LYMAN GAYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.