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DONALD JAMES SLICHTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1947 – July 20, 1968
Service recordDonald James Slichter, of Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Sanatoga, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 21
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- ISAAC SPARKMANLance Corporal · July 20, 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.