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DOUGLAS GENE WINGERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – October 13, 1967
Service recordDouglas Gene Wingert, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 104
- ROBERT LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- BRUCE ARMAND PAQUETTESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 102
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 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.