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DONALD FRANCIS GINART
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1944 – June 3, 1969
Service recordDonald Francis Ginart, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 3, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · June 3, 1969
- ANDREW SIMMONS FARLEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.