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HAROLD CONWAY DOSS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1946 – October 5, 1967
Service recordHarold Conway Doss JR, of Gretna, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 52
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
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Gretna, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 52
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · October 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN DOSSETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
From Gretna
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- ONEIL J PELLEGRIN JRCorporal · January 31, 1970
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.