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DOUGLAS S SOUTHER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – April 7, 1969
Service recordDouglas S Souther JR, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Seabrook, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 34
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR STAPLESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 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.