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DOUGLAS RAY CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – June 15, 1970
Service recordDouglas Ray Curry, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 55
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 55
- DALE EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1970
- JAMES LEONARD WOODSergeant · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE WRIGHTSergeant · June 14, 1970
- KURTIS LANE GAYNORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.