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DONACIANO FRANCIS KAUFMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1944 – February 27, 1967
Service recordDonaciano Francis Kaufman, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 109
- OTIS BEVERLEY SINKSergeant · February 27, 1967
- ARTHUR CLARENCE SISCO JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.