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DONALD EDWARD HORINEK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Horinek, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 45
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SB 2 BN 3 ARTY
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 45
- ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT GORDON HOLLEYPrivate · August 23, 1968
- LEO MILLER JENNETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.