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DOUGLAS EUGENE LONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1944 – June 15, 1968
Service recordDouglas Eugene Long, of Keego Harbor, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Keego Harbor, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 28
- ALBERT LEONARD GUNNCorporal · June 15, 1968
- GERALD HENRY LAVOIECorporal · June 15, 1968
- GUADALUPE LERMAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
From Keego Harbor
- WILLIAM DAVID HANEYCorporal · August 23, 1967
- SANFORD GENE PACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- STEPHEN MICHAEL TRAYNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.