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DONALD GLEN DETRICK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordDonald Glen Detrick, of Slatington, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Slatington, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 48
- PAUL DARBYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- JOHN ENGLISH DAVISSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- JOHN MEIGS GRAHAMCaptain · January 16, 1971
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · January 16, 1971
From Slatington
- JOHN EDWARD NIERERSergeant · January 8, 1970
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.