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DONALD BONNEY TOTH
Captain · U.S. Army
May 23, 1921 – January 11, 1963
Service recordDonald Bonney Toth, of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Officer (4823)
- Born
- May 23, 1921
- Home of record
- Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1963
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 17
- RICHARD EDWARD STEPHANChief Petty Officer · August 31, 1960
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
From Pen Argyl
- ROBERT MARION WARRENCorporal · September 7, 1967
- FORREST JAY FLYTECorporal · June 6, 1968
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.