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DONALD FINDLING WOLFE
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
August 2, 1940 – October 8, 1967
Service recordDonald Findling Wolfe, of Hardin, Montana, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 78
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- August 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Hardin, Montana (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 78
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- THOMAS WITHERSPOON JRStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- ANDREW GILBERT ZISSULieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAUL ANTONIO GUERRASeaman · Panel 27E, Line 71
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · Panel 27E, Line 75
- NORMAN LEE ROGGOWLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 75
- ANDREW GILBERT ZISSULieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Hardin
- WILEY COLE BIRKLANDSergeant · March 14, 1966
- DANIEL WARREN BEARYPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.