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JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – August 28, 1969
Service recordJames Alden Doughty, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 128
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 128
- DOUGLAS ALEX COOKSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- DENNIS DEAN DAVISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS DAVIS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND FORDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 1
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 1
- THOMAS PATRICK MCKERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 3
- CHARLIE SIMMONS JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 5
From Chelmsford
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- KENNETH ROCKWELL HUGHESCaptain · March 28, 1969
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.