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DONALD JAMES HAVEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1950 – April 1, 1971
Service recordDonald James Havel, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1950
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 99
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · April 1, 1971
- JAMES DEAN DAVISCorporal · April 1, 1971
- ARTHUR HERNANDEZCorporal · April 1, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR HIGHSMITHSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR HIGHSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 99
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.