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DON HAMUEL WARE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1951 – February 20, 1972
Service recordDon Hamuel Ware, of Trussville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Trussville, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1972; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 109
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
- WILLIAM MARSHALL CLARKCaptain · February 23, 1972
- DAVID ERROL CLARKESpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JRCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 108
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.