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DONALD JEAN SOBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordDonald Jean Soby, of Rugby, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Rugby, North Dakota (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 32
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- IVRA ALLEN TATUMCorporal · July 7, 1967
- HAROLD TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
From Rugby
- VIRGIL RAYMOND GREANYMajor · September 25, 1964
- DAVID REED DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.