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DONALD ALAN GUERTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordDonald Alan Guertin, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 24
- JAMES MILAN GAHAGANSergeant · January 17, 1969
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.