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MELVIN DOUGLAS EAST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – October 14, 1967
Service recordMelvin Douglas East, of Colfax, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 108
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Colfax, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 108
- CLIFTON BALLANTYN BERGMANFirst Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- DUANE JOHN FOSSLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- PAUL HELLSTROM FOSTERSergeant · October 14, 1967
From Colfax
- RODGER KENNETH CAINSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- GREGORY EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 9, 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.