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DOUGLAS MASON KYSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – July 20, 1966
Service recordDouglas Mason Kyser, of Kew Gardens, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Kew Gardens, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 47
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROLF WALLACE JORGENSENLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- BILLY DEAN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 44
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 46
- COLIN KEITH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 49
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUTSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 50
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 50
From Kew Gardens
- DAVID ROY BURGESSSergeant · January 21, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
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.