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DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOODY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – January 31, 1968
Service recordDouglas William Doody, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 6
- JAMES BRIAN DESROCHERSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- FRANK DOEZEMA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- BYRON RANDALL DUHELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 10
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · Panel 36E, Line 11
- THOMAS CHARLES HILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- IVAN D HOMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 15
- NESTOR OJEDACorporal · Panel 36E, Line 29
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 32
- RANDALL KARL SCHUTTCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- JOHN THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.