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DON FRANKLIN WORLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 13, 1937 – March 11, 1968
Service recordDon Franklin Worley, of Bald Knob, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1968, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 23
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 1 1043 RAD EVAL SQ BOLLING
- Born
- January 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Bald Knob, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “DET 1 1043 RAD EVAL SQ BOLLING”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 23
- GERALD FRANCIS WERNSDORFERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- HENRY BRAXTON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- WILLIE AMOS WILLIAMSCorporal · March 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD LILIENTHALSpecialist Four · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY CALFEEMaster Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 14
- JAMES WOODROW DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 14
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 16
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 17
- HERBERT ARTHUR KIRKStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 18
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 19
- MELVIN ARNOLD HOLLANDTechnical Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 21
- PATRICK LEE SHANNONTechnical Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 21
- DONALD KENNEBUNK SPRINGSTEADAHTechnical Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 21
From Bald Knob
- LARRY LEVERN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
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.