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DONALD FREDERICK CORNELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – November 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Frederick Cornell, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 41
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 Management Specialist (71K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 41
- LONNIE VERNON BYRDPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 41
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.