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DONALD DEAN WINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1944 – January 1, 1971
Service recordDonald Dean Winn, of Eureka, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Eureka, Kansas (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- EUGENE IVAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · January 1, 1971
- STANLEY GENE CROCKETTSergeant · January 2, 1971
- GARY LYNN DENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 20
- EUGENE IVAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 5W, Line 20
From Eureka
- GEORGE LEROY SAMUELSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN LEWISSergeant · August 26, 1966
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAWTHORNEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · April 10, 1971
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.