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GEORGE ALFRED DOANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1944 – May 31, 1967
Service recordGeorge Alfred Doane, of San Rafael, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1944
- Home of record
- San Rafael, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 21
- GERALD ALAN CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 21
- EDWARD S ROUBAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 24
From San Rafael
- FRANK DENNIS KORNOVICHLance Corporal · April 27, 1966
- GARY CRAIG PORTPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD LEHRPrivate · February 23, 1968
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE STORBOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANTONE CINCOTTAPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
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.