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ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – December 11, 1966
Service recordRobert Thomas Doughty, of Mt Holly, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, New Jersey (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 32
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- PAUL RANDOLPHE BYRNEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- THOMAS GLENN DETAMBLESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
From Mt Holly
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 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.