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DONALD BRIAN KEARNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordDonald Brian Kearney, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Technical Drafting Specialist (81B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 5
- JAMES OWENS HOLLOWAY JRLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- WALTER CHAPMAN JONES IIICaptain · April 4, 1968
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.