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DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – March 20, 1969
Service recordDouglas Glyn Edwards, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 88
- BARRY LEE EICHELBERGERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD LEE FIFFECorporal · March 20, 1969
- JEFFREY SCOTT FORRYPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 87
- RICHARD LEE FIFFECorporal · Panel 29W, Line 88
- BILL GREGORY LEESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 90
- JIMMY FRED BURCHFIELDSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 91
- RAUL VICTOR PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 91
- DENNIS ALLEN SMITHCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 93
- ROBERT ARNOLD TATE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 94
- LARRY MICHAEL WHITISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 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.