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Staff Sergeant Douglas was killed by a Grenade. The incident occurred in the Gia Dihn Province, South Vietnam. Sergeant Douglas was listed as an Armor Crewman throughout his active duty. He received a Purple Heart for his service.
Jim went into the service at about 17 years of age in 1956. He was on his 16th day in Vietnam when he was killed. He started his tour on February 5, 1968 and was killed on February 21, 1968. His Service Number was RA 25895420. Jim was married and is buried in the Hardin Memorial Park Cemetery in Elizabeth Town, Hardin County, Kentucky. I assume he was last stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky before going to Nam. His wife was probably living off-post in Elizabeth Town and that's probably why Jim is buried there.
Account of action from Medic, Robert Sosenko: A Trp joined this fight in the afternoon. There were lots of open rice paddys with some very thick hedge rows ahead of us when we went on line. D Trp gun teams had one area covered and air force jets would drop napalm on the hedge rows, and you could see NVA running across the fields to another hedge row. Suddenly, I saw one of the jets take fire and smoke coming from his wing and then a gunship was hit and went straight down between us and the hedge rows. We moved out and were taking volleys of RPG's and sa fire until we got close to the chopper. Sgt Brown then moved his tank between the chopper and the hedge rows and got the crew on board, and we started backing out. It was one of the bravest things I ever saw. We got back almost to our starting point and Sgt Brown was shot in the head and Williame Conley got hit by an RPG.