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DON JAY MCATEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordDon Jay McAtee, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOREHOUSESergeant · April 1, 1969
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · April 18, 1969
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 108
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 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.