Douglas Allen Varner

Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 20TH INF RGT, 11 INF BDE
Army of the United States
16 January 1948 - 11 April 1971
Lancaster, California
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11 INF BDE

20TH INF RGT

Combat Infantry

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign 		That we henceforth be no more children tossed
to and fro, and carried about with every wind
of doctrine, but speaking the truth in love,
may grow in all things. Eph 4:14 & 15

Doug Varner
...And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall
not lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war anymore. Isaiah 2:4

The database page for Douglas Allen Varner

This memorial was initiated by the
Vietnam Veterans of America,
Chapter 55,
Licking County, Ohio.

Douglas Allen Varner grew up in Newark, Ohio, graduating from Newark High School in 1966. He completed his baccalaureate degree at the University of Cincinnati with a perfect four point average and had been accepted into Stanford Law School when he was drafted. During this time his family had relocated to Lancaster, California, and he entered the service from Lancaster.

Douglas Varner is remembered by his brothers from
Alpha 1/20th Inf

A Note from The Virtual Wall

A Company, 1/20th Infantry, lost nine men on 11 April 1971:
  • SSG Jean P. Humbert, Tacoma, WA
  • SGT James L. Armstrong, Pauls Valley, OK
  • SP4 Jack P. Begley, Oklahoma City, OK
  • SP4 Jon M. Melim, Mountain View, CA
  • CPL Edward P. Pilkington, Clayton, NC
  • CPL Joe R. Silva, San Antonio, TX
  • PFC Joseph A. Schoolmeesters, Litchfield, MN
  • PFC Douglas A. Varner, Lancaster, CA
  • PFC Richard M. Warren, Las Vegas, NV




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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