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THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1926 – November 24, 1967
Service recordTheodore Aloyis Dougherty, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1926
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 76
- CLARENCE DARDAR JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN GAYLEALON DAVISPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DALE EDWARD EGBERTSeaman · November 24, 1967
- LONNIE BERNARD EVANSPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 79
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 81
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 81
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.