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DONALD ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – August 22, 1967
Service recordDonald Arthur Middleton, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 31
- BURKE HENDERSON MORGANMajor · August 22, 1967
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · August 22, 1967
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · August 22, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · August 22, 1967
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.