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DONALD ALLAWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1945 – May 18, 1966
Service recordDonald Allaway, of Matawan, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Matawan, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 79
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES W BAUMANStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 79
- CHARLES W BAUMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 79
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 82
From Matawan
- EDWARD HADDOCKPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- JOHN ENGEDALSergeant · March 21, 1969
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.