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DONALD EUGENE MONKMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Monkman, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 72
- WILLIAM ARAM MARKARIANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- ALLAN MENDELLLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR MILLER JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- ELLIOTT WAYNE MOORECorporal · January 7, 1968
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.