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JAMES ODEN DOUBERLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1936 – January 13, 1967
Service recordJames Oden Douberly, of Patterson, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Patterson, Georgia (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 20
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- FRANCISCO DELA C DACANAYSergeant · January 13, 1967
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT BIZZELLSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 19
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 21
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 22
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 24
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 25
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.