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DONALD EUGENE SLATER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Slater, of Paw Paw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Paw Paw, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 40
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND SMALLCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 30
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 32
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 36
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 38
From Paw Paw
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER CHARLES HEARNSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
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.