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DAVID JOHN DONAHOE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – October 28, 1967
Service recordDavid John Donahoe, of Darlington, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 90
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Darlington, Wisconsin (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 90
- LARRY DALE CARRELLSergeant · October 28, 1967
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · October 28, 1967
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- ANGEL LUIS DIAZCorporal · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 89
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 90
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 92
- JOSEPH ROBERT NORRISCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Darlington
- GERALD ALLEN BENSONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- KARL JOSEPH TASCHEK JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
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.