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DONALD ANTHONY SLATE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordDonald Anthony Slate, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 95
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH POLNIAKCaptain · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN SCHNEIDERSpecialist Five · November 29, 1970
- BOBBY DAREL SEAYSenior Master Sergeant · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 89
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 90
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 90
- SAMUEL A GRAYSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 91
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 92
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · Panel 6W, Line 92
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 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.