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DONALD GUSTAV VOGET
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – February 13, 1971
Service recordDonald Gustav Voget, of Bishop, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 102
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Bishop, California (Inyo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 102
- KARLHEINZ S SEIBERLINGLance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- STEVEN LEE SEIGLERSergeant · February 13, 1971
- FREDERICK PHILLIP SMITHCaptain · February 13, 1971
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
From Bishop
- HAROLD EUGENE WILLISPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- THOMAS MATTHEW HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- ERIC MELVIN DEWEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALEC WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.