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DONALD CHARLES TANNENBAUM
Captain · U.S. Army
July 17, 1935 – April 9, 1970
Service recordDonald Charles Tannenbaum, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 116
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 116
- RAYMOND LEWIS WILLIAMSCorporal · April 9, 1970
- JACK LEE WRIGHTChief Petty Officer · April 9, 1970
- JIMMY CARRILLOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DANNY LEE DAWSONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH MATTHEW JENERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 113
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.