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DONALD AUGUSTUS HARRELL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 7, 1928 – April 5, 1968
Service recordDonald Augustus Harrell, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 5, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 17
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS RAY HARPPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HAVLICKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL HENDRIXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.