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DONALD DAVID PANNO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – November 30, 1968
Service recordDonald David Panno, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
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 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 14
- RAYMOND CLARK STACKSCaptain · July 8, 1968
- KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZSergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- LEE VICTOR PORDEN JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN STRASZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BERKLEY ALGERSpecialist Five · Panel 37W, Line 9
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.