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DOUGLAS OAKLEY FORD
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1942 – January 10, 1971
Service recordDouglas Oakley Ford, of Glen Rock, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 37
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Glen Rock, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 37
- KENNETH ALAN DAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · January 10, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
From Glen Rock
- DAVID DARRIN HIGDON JRPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
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.