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DONALD JAY TANNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1944 – December 4, 1965
Service recordDonald Jay Tanner, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 124
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 124
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 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.