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DONALD EUGENE HONEYCUTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1942 – May 11, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Honeycutt, of Cadillac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Cadillac, Michigan (Wexford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · May 11, 1968
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN LIONEL GOOCHCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 21
- JAMES SIDNEY RYLEESpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Cadillac
- CHARLES TIMOTHY JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES SHIERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
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.