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DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1950 – May 23, 1969
Service recordDouglas John Sommer, of Kearns, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Kearns, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 90
- PETER FRANSSON RUSSELLLieutenant · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT PETER SCIBILIASpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · May 23, 1969
- JAMES WALTER SPEERCorporal · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 84
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
From Kearns
- RICHARD TOBY TRUJILLOCorporal · June 7, 1966
- CURTIS BURKE BUGGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BILL NORMAN DALTONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL MARSHALL CLAYTONLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · April 27, 1970
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · February 7, 1971
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.