The Wall › Panel 4E › Kentucky › Douglas McArthur Wetmore
DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1942 – February 1, 1966
Service recordDouglas McArthur Wetmore, of Williamsburg, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 131
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Kentucky (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 131
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- DILLARD REED BURNLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 128
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 128
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Williamsburg
- GLEN EVERETT ROUNTREEStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1969
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL COLEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 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.