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DONALD HOWARD POWERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1952 – December 21, 1971
Service recordDonald Howard Powers, of Lexington, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1952
- Home of record
- Lexington, Tennessee (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 90
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 1971
- RONALD WADE NUTEAirman First Class · December 20, 1971
- LUTHER BARNEYSpecialist Five · December 21, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
From Lexington
- JOHN DELANE VOLNERPrivate First Class · February 17, 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.