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DONALD GERALD LEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1945 – April 10, 1968
Service recordDonald Gerald Lee, of Morro Bay, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Morro Bay, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 12
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- GARY DAN LOKKENCaptain · April 10, 1968
- THEODORE D VANSTAVERENLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- GORDON DAVID WALENSKYLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 13
From Morro Bay
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.