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DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – January 1, 1970
Service recordDonald Albert Sudbrink, of Hartland, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 116
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Hartland, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 116
- KENNETH WAYNE TODDSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROBERT GLENN WARRENSergeant · January 1, 1970
- JAMES OSMOND WATSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · January 1, 1970
- DUANE GREGORY WILLIAMSPrivate · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTIE SHELVEN MASSEYSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 115
From Hartland
- DARRYL JAY KOCHPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CARSTENSCorporal · August 14, 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.