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DONALD HARRY KITO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1942 – July 8, 1967
Service recordDonald Harry Kito, of Petersburg, Alaska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 37
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
- Born
- March 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 37
- HARVEY JUNIOR KINSEYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS VINCENT MALLOYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PRITCHARDCaptain · July 8, 1967
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.