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DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1945 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDouglas Paul Savage, of Covina, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 2
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)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 2
- ROBERT JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- LELAND CHARLES COOKE SAGELieutenant · June 23, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- GARY FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 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.