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DONALD ALAN KRUMREI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 22, 1945 – July 16, 1970
Service recordDonald Alan Krumrei, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 22
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 22
- WILLIAM EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
- ERNEST RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 16, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES HEINDSELMANStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 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.