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DOUGLAS ROYSTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1946 – June 26, 1966
Service recordDouglas Royster, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 99
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 ENG BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 June 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 99
- HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.