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DOUGLAS FREDERICK WORTMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – April 21, 1970
Service recordDouglas Frederick Wortman, of Linden, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 33
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Linden, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 33
- KERRY LAVERNE VANCESergeant · April 21, 1970
- EUGENE LACY WHEELERMajor · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
- HERMAN DEAL YOUNGSergeant · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 31
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 32
- WILLIAM F RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 32
- KERRY LAVERNE VANCESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
- HERMAN DEAL YOUNGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 33
From Linden
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · November 14, 1967
- JERRY DOUGLAS MALLORYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE COTESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
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.