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DONALD GLENN TUYES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Glenn Tuyes, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 17
- ROBERT CHESTER TURNBULLFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- ALFRED URDIALES JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD MARTIN VASKOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD WALLERLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 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.