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DONALD FRANCIS SLACK JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Francis Slack JR, of Munster, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Munster, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 48
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · August 18, 1968
- ARTHUR SEABROOKSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
From Munster
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCCOYSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- ROBERT MERRILL KIKKERTSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
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.