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DONALD EUGENE AUSBORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – August 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Ausborn, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 50
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 50
- JOHN APOLLO TESAUROPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- HENRY LEE BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.