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DOUGLAS ROBERT FRENCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1946 – July 21, 1966
Service recordDouglas Robert French, of South Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- South Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 51
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- WILLIE B CARYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- STEPHEN KEITH DIBBSergeant · July 21, 1966
From South Houston
- GARY WAYNE HOPKINSCorporal · July 5, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · April 5, 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.