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DOUGLAS KAMKEE CHUNG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1945 – January 12, 1969
Service recordDouglas Kamkee Chung, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 75
- DAVID THOMAS BREENPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 76
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.