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DOUGLAS LEONARD LONG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1950 – April 13, 1968
Service recordDouglas Leonard Long JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 44
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.