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JAMES ABRAHAM DOANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – October 26, 1969
Service recordJames Abraham Doane, of Aiea, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 120
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Aiea, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 120
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- DONALD MYRON DYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- ROBERT NELSON FUNKStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 121
- RICHARD MATTHEW LOGANSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 122
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 122
From Aiea
- RICHARD LEIALOHA K ELLISSpecialist Five · October 5, 1962
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- ALBERT HIROSHI TATSUNOSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JOSEPH JESUS DELROSARIOStaff Sergeant · May 1, 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.