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DONALD IRVIN RANKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1940 – November 24, 1966
Service recordDonald Irvin Rankin, of New Carlisle, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1940
- Home of record
- New Carlisle, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 115
- WILLIAM HIXSON HARDWICKPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · November 24, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCOYLance Corporal · November 24, 1966
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM KEITH BROUHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 113
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- THOMAS GUSTAV ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 114
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 115
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 115
- RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 116
From New Carlisle
- JERRY WAYNE HAUFSpecialist Four · October 20, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE LEECorporal · February 4, 1967
- STEVEN DEAN GUNDOLFPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- STEVEN DOUGLAS TOWNSLEYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- CARL DAVID NALLCorporal · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM MARTIN WELLMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 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.