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DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1940 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDouglas Wayne McPhee, of Largo, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 67
- JOHNIE FRANKLIN GRANBERRYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DANIEL ARNOLD MAYSpecialist Five · June 17, 1969
- GREGORIO MANUEL MORAPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- GERALD KING NEERStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 68
- SAMUEL MARLAR WHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 71
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.