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DONALD JAMES SHEEHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordDonald James Sheehy, of Albany, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 46
- JOE HENRY SAMANIEGOStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH THOMASSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · Panel 19E, Line 42
- PAUL J HICKSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 43
- MELVIN ONEAL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19E, Line 44
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 45
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 45
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 46
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 47
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
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.