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DONALD GENE VOLLMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – November 2, 1969
Service recordDonald Gene Vollmer, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 18
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · November 2, 1969
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 20
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 21
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
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.