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DOUGLAS J SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – January 8, 1967
Service recordDouglas J Sullivan, of Hamel, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 128
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamel, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 128
- PHILLIP WRAY ROEPKELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- KENNETH R SCHROMPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEEHYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- NED ALEXANDER SOWLELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 124
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.