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DONALD FRANK ERVIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1950 – March 29, 1969
Service recordDonald Frank Ervin, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 86
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 86
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- GLENN TEUGIO SHIBATACorporal · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.