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DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – June 2, 1970
Service recordDouglas Raymond Ulm, of Lebanon, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 3
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL STOKESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ANDERSONSergeant · June 3, 1970
- MICHAEL PHILIP BOUCHARDSergeant · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD JOHN KULHANEKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 2
- JAMES MICHAEL STOKESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 3
From Lebanon
- ARDEN KEITH HASSENGERChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · July 11, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · June 3, 1969
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LARRY ALLEN GATLIFFPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES SCHUMACHERSergeant · March 28, 1971
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.