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DONALD ALFRED WILKINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordDonald Alfred Wilkinson, of Newbury, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 75
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
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 12 AMR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Newbury, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 75
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · October 8, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- NORMAN LEE ROGGOWLieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 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.