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DONALD JASON EGAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1942 – February 12, 1967
Service recordDonald Jason Egan JR, of Troy, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 20
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 20
- ROGER WAYNE EDWARDSLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- BRUCE LEO CAREYSergeant · February 18, 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.