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DARRELL WAYNE DONALDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – March 9, 1969
Service recordDarrell Wayne Donaldson, of Ennis, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Ennis, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 87
- RONALD EUGENE DEDMANSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- ALTON LEE ELLISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- STEVEN CHARLES ERBENTRAUTPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- CALVIN NORMAN JRSergeant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRANK STURMASergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Ennis
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- EDWARD JAMES BELLSergeant First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALBERT DAVID MENTONCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 1971
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.