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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Douglas Jack Daane.

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DOUGLAS JACK DAANE

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

January 1, 1949 – June 1, 1970

Service record

Douglas Jack Daane, of Oostburg, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 10W · Line 129

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
January 1, 1949
Home of record
Oostburg, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 1, 1970
Age
21
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 10W, Line 129

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.