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DOUGLAS GERALD MACNEIL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1937 – April 7, 1970
Service recordDouglas Gerald Macneil, of Queens Village, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 159 MED DET
- Born
- May 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Queens Village, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 104
- JOE BILL GIBSONPrivate · April 7, 1970
- ORLAND THOMAS LLOYDStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
- GLENN WILLARD MILLERConstructionman · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL PAULSENSergeant · April 7, 1970
From Queens Village
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKISpecialist Four · July 13, 1966
- DONALD MILLSStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- RICHARD MARTIN SAMORAYCorporal · August 14, 1968
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 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.