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DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDouglas Joseph Markovich, of Madison, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 9
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 9
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 1969
From Madison
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- RUSSEL WARREN ENGLESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.