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DOUGLAS GORDON ORVIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1942 – July 29, 1968
Service recordDouglas Gordon Orvis, of Bristol, Vermont, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Bristol, Vermont (Addison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 31
- DONALD SMITH MCGINLEYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · July 29, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- TERRY ALAN ROBINSONSergeant · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOHN DAVIES JRSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 29
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 30
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 31
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 31
- TERRY ALAN ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 31
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.