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DONALD JAMES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1930 – August 17, 1969
Service recordDonald James JR, of White Pigeon, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 55
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1930
- Home of record
- White Pigeon, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 55
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1969
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · August 17, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
From White Pigeon
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
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.