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DONALD FREDERICK STURGEON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – October 28, 1968
Service recordDonald Frederick Sturgeon, of Plainville, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 51
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 51
- BARRY ALAN COPPSpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- KENNETH ARNOL STONEBRAKERLieutenant Colonel · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY STROVENCaptain · October 28, 1968
From Plainville
- DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERSSergeant · March 24, 1971
- CLAYTON PLOURDESpecialist Four · October 1, 1971
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.