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DONALD HENRY MABRY
Captain · U.S. Army
September 17, 1935 – August 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Henry Mabry, of Rusk, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 24
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Rusk, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 24
- STANLEY R BUSTAMANTE JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES KEEFERCorporal · August 7, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWIN VERNORPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From Rusk
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · May 29, 1968
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · April 10, 1969
- FRANCIS WAYNE TOWNSENDCaptain · August 13, 1972
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.