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DANIEL PAUL DONNELLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – February 18, 1967
Service recordDaniel Paul Donnellan, of Ferndale, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 57
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · February 18, 1967
- PATRICK MICHAEL DORANLance Corporal · February 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVING GOULDPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
From Ferndale
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · June 7, 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.