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DOUGLAS SOWARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1943 – July 8, 1968
Service recordDouglas Soward, of Hayward, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 1
- HENRY FLOYD NUGENT JRSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- LOUIS FABIAN PERALEZSergeant · July 8, 1968
- HERBERT WALLACE ROLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- ROLAND MIKE SHEREDOSSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.