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DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – February 10, 1970
Service recordDouglas Howard Tanner, of Petoskey, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 124
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Petoskey, Michigan (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 124
- JOEL RICHARD STEPPSeaman · February 10, 1970
- LANNIE RAY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
From Petoskey
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
- GEORGE S PHENNEYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1967
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.