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GUY WOODS DOHERTY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1949 – July 28, 1968
Service recordGuy Woods Doherty, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 22
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE DOUGLASPrivate · July 28, 1968
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.