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DONALD BENED WHITLOCK III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1951 – August 4, 1971
Service recordDonald Bened Whitlock III, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 123
- DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKYCaptain · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- DAVID LEE GARCILLESpecialist Five · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
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.