The Wall › Panel 6W › Texas › Douglas Gary Ehlers
DOUGLAS GARY EHLERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – October 31, 1970
Service recordDouglas Gary Ehlers, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 31
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 31
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
- JERRY ALLEN DENNISSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- LEON EMMANUEL KISERSergeant First Class · October 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 32
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 32
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 33
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.