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DOUGLAS FRED MENARD
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordDouglas Fred Menard, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 14
- RICHARD WALTER KULPASpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDRICK MAYSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
- MARIO JUAN MENDIASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.