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ALAN CHARLES DONNELLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1948 – November 14, 1968
Service recordAlan Charles Donnelly, of Gloversville, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Gloversville, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 65
- WILLIAM HILRIC FABIANCaptain · November 14, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW FIALKO JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 1968
From Gloversville
- GARY JAMES SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD RILEY SIMONDSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- MATTHEW JOHN BAURLELance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SRSergeant First Class · November 15, 1970
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.