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DONALD FRANK FLETCHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1943 – October 31, 1968
Service recordDonald Frank Fletcher, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 64
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; ten of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 64
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1968
- RAYMOND MICHAEL ENCZISpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- PATRICK BEVERLY EPPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FARIS E HOLLANDSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 69
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.