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DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – June 5, 1970
Service recordDonald James Lundequam, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 14
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 14
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 12
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 13
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 17
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.