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JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – July 9, 1969
Service recordJames Cornelius Doloughty, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 88
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 88
- JOHN BRUCE CORNWELLSpecialist Five · July 9, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DAVISSergeant · July 9, 1969
- ROBERT DIAKOWPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- BENNY THOMAS GISHCorporal · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.