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DONALD ANTHONY TESTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Anthony Testa, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 32
- ARTHUR WAYNE SMITHSergeant · May 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SMITHLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL EDWIN STROBBEPrivate · May 7, 1968
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 23
- RUSSELL JAMES HELIKERSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ROBERT FRANKLIN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 26
- ROBERT FRANK NOLANSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 29
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · March 11, 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.