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DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – October 30, 1969
Service recordDouglas Hugh Lott JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 6
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 6
- WILLIAM CHARLES LEGATPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1969
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN SLAYMAKERSeaman · October 30, 1969
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NOLAN EUGENE BLACKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 3
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 3
- MAURY WILLIAM HEARNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 5
- JAMES NED WOOLLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 7
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.