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DONALD FRANCIS HOVANEC
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1949 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDonald Francis Hovanec, of Carteret, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 75
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- December 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Carteret, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 75
- TIMOTHY WHARTON HANSLEYLance Corporal · July 7, 1969
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- DEWEY WILLIAM HEROYCaptain · July 7, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
From Carteret
- STEPHEN ANDREW ZUKOVPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EUGENE LAWRENCE SELFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1966
- WESLEY WILLIAM WHITELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN CONSTANTINOSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.