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CHARLES VINCENT DONOHOE
Captain · U.S. Army
October 19, 1942 – November 7, 1970
Service recordCharles Vincent Donohoe, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 43
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Subsistence Officer (4130)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 43
- GARY DON MCMILLINSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
- HERBERT HUBERT MOORESergeant · November 6, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS PETTITT SRSergeant · November 6, 1970
- DONALD RAYMOND SOLESLance Corporal · November 6, 1970
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
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.