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DOUGLAS PAUL ATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1950 – July 27, 1970
Service recordDouglas Paul Atkins, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 58
- TERRENCE ROY BILLINGSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- MICHAEL R BLANCHETTESpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- ALBERT CALMESECorporal · July 27, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT CALMESECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 58
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.