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ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – January 25, 1967
Service recordArthur Edmund Donovan, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 76
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 76
- BRIAN DALY CONLAN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1967
- JEROME CONNERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOSHUA WAY EASONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · January 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEROME CONNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · Panel 14E, Line 78
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 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.