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TERRY LEE DOUGLAS
Private · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Douglas, of Sparta, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 22
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Sparta, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 22
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM STEPHEN CLARKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- GUY WOODS DOHERTYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
From Sparta
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · January 7, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE PARSONSLieutenant Colonel · February 6, 1969
- ROGER DALE PARTINGTONCaptain · November 1, 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.