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TED D COLQUHOUN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – September 21, 1968
Service recordTed D Colquhoun, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 52
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 52
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS KEN BARONSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 51
- DAVID RUDOLPH LATSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 55
- THOMAS ALLAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.