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DONALD CHESTER LEPAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1943 – November 30, 1968
Service recordDonald Chester Lepak, of Amherst, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Amherst, Wisconsin (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 13
- GARY RUSSELL LABOHNSergeant First Class · September 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HAMMOND MEINSergeant First Class · October 9, 1968
- LONNIE GENE MARTINSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 10
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 13
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 15
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.