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DONALD DALE MAKI
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1948 – December 7, 1967
Service recordDonald Dale Maki, of Hutchinson, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Minnesota (Mcleod County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 92
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- NICK KOKALISSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · October 28, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID MIZESergeant · October 28, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT MOYERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1967
From Hutchinson
- THOMAS MICHAEL HEALYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- LYLE EVERETT MACKEDANZSergeant First Class · April 21, 1968
- WILLARD J DUFRESNE JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
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.