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BIENVENIDO GENIZA DONA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 12, 1927 – March 23, 1966
Service recordBienvenido Geniza Dona served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 23, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1927
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 March 23, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 42
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- GEORGE PAUL KINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
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.