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DONALD FRANCIS MCKIETHAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 4, 1950 – June 27, 1971
Service recordDonald Francis McKiethan, of Conneaut, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Conneaut, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 90
- JOHN LESTER SONESSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 26, 1971
- HERBERT J ARTISStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 91
From Conneaut
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- DAVID ROY THOMASLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWARD CRISTPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.