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DOUGLASS FRANKLIN PEAY
Private · U.S. Army
August 13, 1946 – July 11, 1967
Service recordDouglass Franklin Peay, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 54
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Hawk Missile Crewmember (16D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 56 ARTY 97 ARTY GRP
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 54
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- EDWARD ROGER REEDPrivate · July 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · 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.