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DOUGLAS FRANK STRAIT
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
January 29, 1950 – October 18, 1970
Service recordDouglas Frank Strait, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 18, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Fire Control Repairman (35J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 18, 1970
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 8
- FREDERICK LEROY NUTTERPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1970
- DONALD BRITTON SOWELLPrivate · October 18, 1970
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAE ARVID BAILEYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 6
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 7
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 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.