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JOHNNIE LEE DOUGLAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – February 4, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Lee Douglas, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 20
- EARL THOMAS CLASSENPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- ANDREW LEE DAWSONSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH ALLSTOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 17
- RUSSELL DAVID CHASEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 19
- LARRY DOUGLAS KINGSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 24
- STEVEN PAUL LINNASpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 24
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.