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DONALD JAMES DEEVERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1950 – May 25, 1969
Service recordDonald James Deevers, of Hinton, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Hinton, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 102
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · May 25, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK DUFFY JRSergeant · May 25, 1969
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 102
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 104
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 108
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 109
From Hinton
- JOHN OLIVER FREEMANPrivate · September 21, 1966
- ROGER GAIL LEEStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
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.