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DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1949 – September 15, 1968
Service recordDouglas Gerald Impson, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Denham Springs, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 64
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- VERN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
From Denham Springs
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · May 28, 1969
- BENJAMIN F BENNETT JRPrivate First Class · October 25, 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.