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DONALD BALKIT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordDonald Balkit, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 2
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1968
- CURTIS RONALD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- CARMELLO ANGE JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JACK BITTINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.