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DOUGLAS JAMES WINCHELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordDouglas James Winchell JR, of Ithaca, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Ithaca, Nebraska (Saunders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 86
- WILLIAM BLAIR TARRANCEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- ALONZO WILLIAM WIGHTSpecialist Five · February 22, 1969
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT MARTIN YSGUERRAPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.