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DAVID DONNELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – January 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Donnelly, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 12
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · January 1, 1968
- THOMAS BERRY CORBINSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DENNISONCommander · January 1, 1968
- DAVID LEE FRENCHSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
From De Kalb
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.