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DOUGLAS MAC WASHINGTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordDouglas Mac Washington, of Waterproof, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterproof, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 17
- F RONALD TOMONLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · June 6, 1968
- JACOB ROBINSON WELDINSergeant · June 6, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH WHEELERSpecialist Six · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 2
- RICHARD ANCIL HOLTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 5
From Waterproof
- ROBERT LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CARL RAYMOND GOODFELLOWPetty Officer Second Class · December 23, 1967
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.