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DOUGLAS RAY NOEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordDouglas Ray Noel, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · 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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 24E, Line 55
- RICHARD LOUIS ERTLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH HARGROVE MIDGYETTEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 54
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 56
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 57
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 57
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 1969
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.