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JAMES LOUIS DOUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1943 – December 24, 1965
Service recordJames Louis Douse, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 37
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
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 37
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- ARDEN KEITH HASSENGERChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- GEORGE ELDON JOHNSTONSergeant · December 24, 1965
From Aiken
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.