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DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOIG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1945 – December 28, 1966
Service recordDouglas William Doig, of Westwood, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 90
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
- Logistics Operations Clerk (0441)
- Born
- September 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Westwood, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 90
- LAMONT WILKERSON FINCHFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
From Westwood
- JOHN EMIDIO PASQUANTONIOLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · December 29, 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.