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DONALD GEORGE RESPECKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1942 – April 12, 1969
Service recordDonald George Respecki, of Gaylord, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Gaylord, Michigan (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 66
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 61
- FELIX ANTONIO CALDERONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 63
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 68
From Gaylord
- ROBERT NEAL BRADLEYCaptain · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MEASELLSergeant · January 17, 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.