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DOYLE ATKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1945 – January 16, 1969
Service recordDoyle Atkins, of Modesto, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 13
- ALFRED BAUERFireman · January 16, 1969
- FRANCIS DUNCAN CAMPBELLPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- PHILIP BUCHANAN CURRIERLance Corporal · January 16, 1969
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 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.