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DONALD ALBERT BASALLA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1948 – November 26, 1967
Service recordDonald Albert Basalla, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 88
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 88
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- HERBERT OWEN BRENNANColonel · November 26, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · November 26, 1967
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 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.