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DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordDouglas James Beveridge, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 91
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 91
- JOHNNIE WAYNE ATORSergeant · February 9, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- RONALD EARNEST BOYERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- CLAUDE EDWARD BRAGGPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STANLEY KNADLERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 94
From Bristol
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · May 18, 1967
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.