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DOUGLAS MACKARTHE MALLETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1943 – June 8, 1968
Service recordDouglas Mackarthe Mallett, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 5
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE ALLENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 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.