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DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1950 – November 30, 1970
Service recordDouglas Stephen Bridgers, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT EARL YOUNGPetty Officer Second Class · November 29, 1970
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT COILEYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 98
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 99
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 100
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.