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DOUGLAS JOHN ITRI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordDouglas John Itri, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · 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
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 6
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- WILEY DEAN HOOKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- COLIN PLUMMER HURDFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 4
- RONALD SIDNEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 7
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 8
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.