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DONALD CHANDLER PIPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – February 24, 1966
Service recordDonald Chandler Piper, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 74
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLEN LINN PIERCEPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 72
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 74
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 75
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 76
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.