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DENNIS GEORGE DONOVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1950 – April 12, 1971
Service recordDennis George Donovan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 120
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 120
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · April 11, 1971
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- ALFONZO LOUIS ESPINOZA JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALFONZO LOUIS ESPINOZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- CHARLES LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 121
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.