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DOUGLAS GEORGE FACTORA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1944 – May 13, 1968
Service recordDouglas George Factora, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 21
- LELAND SAMUEL DEEDSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- CARLOS DOMINGUEZCorporal · May 13, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIS BREWSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 19
- BOBBY JAMESSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 24
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 5
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.