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DONALD EUGENE AUTEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – July 30, 1970
Service recordDonald Eugene Auten, of Cramerton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 68
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Cramerton, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 8W, Line 68
- DAVID ANDREW ALLENPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- CLYDE JAMES BALLSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- DONALD ALAN BROWNMajor · July 30, 1970
- GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZCaptain · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 69
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · Panel 8W, Line 69
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 71
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
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.