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DONALD CAROL LAMB JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – April 22, 1970
Service recordDonald Carol Lamb JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 37
- DONALD MICHAEL LINTSenior Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- KEITH ALAN LOCHNERSergeant · April 22, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- RAY THOMAS MARTINSergeant First Class · April 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE AZNOEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 34
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.