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DONALD GENE DISSELKOEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – June 5, 1969
Service recordDonald Gene Disselkoen, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 72
- JERRY MICHAEL DAILEYSergeant · June 5, 1969
- ROBERT SHELDON DANKERTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JOSE ANIBAL ECHEVARRIA JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- RORY TIMOTHY T HARANPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
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.