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DOUGLAS STEVEN MCILROY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordDouglas Steven McIlroy, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 9
- JOHN CLARK MCDOWELLCorporal · January 9, 1968
- WARREN EMERY NEWTONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- PAUL HAROLD OLIVERPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND BELCHERCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 4
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 5
- LEE MARVIN CAPERSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 6
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 7
- TIMOTHY LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 8
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 8
- PAUL HAROLD OLIVERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 9
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 10
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 10
- THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- DERRI SYKESStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- EDWARD JAMES HARRIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 12
- MARTIN W WELESKI IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 12
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 12
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.