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DON EDWARD DARNALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1946 – October 22, 1966
Service recordDon Edward Darnall, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 97
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JAMES LARRY HIGHTOWERCorporal · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES HOLDENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1966
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
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.