DOUGLAS ROBERT COLBERT

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/16/1967

Army - PFC - E3

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jul 5, 1945
From: NORWOOD, NY
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Oct 17, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

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Douglas Colbert was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston, at grid reference YA598614,
approximately 27 kilometers west/northwest of Plei Djereng airfield.

PFC Douglas Colbert's decorations

Doug is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Photo of Doug Colbert from Bob Lawrence

Burial:
Riverside Cemetery
Norwood
St. Lawrence County
New York, USA
Plot: J75

Grave marker for Douglas Colbert

Photo by Penguin from the Find A Grave website

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