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DOUGLAS OSCAR LOONEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordDouglas Oscar Looney, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 57
- ROBERT EDWARD LEAMENSergeant · March 6, 1969
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · March 6, 1969
- PHILIP NEWMAN MALONEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.