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DONALD BRUCE REES
Private · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – March 21, 1970
Service recordDonald Bruce Rees, of Norwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 31
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Purpose Materiel Supply Specialist (76Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Norwood, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 31
- JOSEPH BERNARD MUELLERSergeant · March 21, 1970
- LARRY PARKERStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN RAULSTONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
From Norwood
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · April 14, 1967
- FREDERICK ERIC LEOPOLDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
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.