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DOUGLAS ELWOOD PARTRIDGE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1946 – May 2, 1967
Service recordDouglas Elwood Partridge, of Martell, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Martell, California (Amador County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 16
- JAMES M MCCLUREPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE MOSESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- PHILLIP DEAN MUNDAYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE MUNDYCorporal · May 2, 1967
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.