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WILLIAM LOWELL DOUGLAS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1946 – July 15, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lowell Douglas JR, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Canal Fulton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 23
- RONALD KENNETH CULLERSSecond Lieutenant · July 15, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- RICHARD WILFRED DEMERSLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- MARK V DENNISPetty Officer Third Class · July 15, 1966
From Canal Fulton
- JEFFREY PAUL VAUGHNCorporal · September 25, 1966
- THOMAS DALE CULPCaptain · September 11, 1967
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.