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DONALD DUANE KORB
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1933 – June 21, 1968
Service recordDonald Duane Korb, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 15
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 15
- FRANCOIS ACHILLE PETERSONCorporal · June 21, 1968
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 11
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 12
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 13
- WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIESergeant · Panel 55W, Line 13
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 13
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 14
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Aberdeen
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 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.