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DONALD ALLEN CONTARINO
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – August 14, 1969
Service recordDonald Allen Contarino, of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Beverly Farms, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 37
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
- LESLEY HERBERT HENSONSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 41
From Beverly Farms
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · May 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.