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DOUGLAS THOMAS JR
Airman · U.S. Navy
September 16, 1945 – August 4, 1966
Service recordDouglas Thomas JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 25
- JOHN HENRY OLDSPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE PATRICKStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1966
- PATRICK JOHN SALYARDSPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- CHARLES E SIVITSSergeant · December 9, 1966
- J T SMITHPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 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.