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DONALD HENRY OUILLETTE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1946 – November 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Henry Ouillette, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 2
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · November 1, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MILLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MORRISONLance Corporal · November 1, 1968
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.