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DOUGLAS WAYNE LEE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – March 26, 1967
Service recordDouglas Wayne Lee, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 53
- FLOYD MICHAEL LARRABEELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MALECKELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- VICTOR HAROLD VANVACTORPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- CHARLES HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.