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DONALD GARY DETMER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1946 – February 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Gary Detmer, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 104
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JESUS ROSAS CRUZLance Corporal · February 27, 1967
- JAMES LEON CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- DAVID ORSON FJERSTADCorporal · February 27, 1967
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.