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DOUGLAS WAYNE DEVOE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1948 – October 5, 1968
Service recordDouglas Wayne Devoe served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 2, 1948
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 15
- RONALD JAMES REDENIUSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- LOYDE HAROLD SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
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.