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MICHAEL JAMES DOUGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1949 – August 21, 1970
Service recordMichael James Dougan, of North Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 126
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1949
- Home of record
- North Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 126
- PAUL MILLERSergeant · August 20, 1970
- WAYNE WILSON MULLINSeaman · August 20, 1970
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS FRASCHWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS FRASCHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 126
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.