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DOUGLAS LEE FOLEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1935 – September 2, 1965
Service recordDouglas Lee Foley, of Ridgeway, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 72
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- July 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Ridgeway, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
From Ridgeway
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JERRY ALLEN DILLARDSpecialist Four · October 16, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 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.