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DONALD KAY LAKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1944 – November 1, 1966
Service recordDonald Kay Lakey, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOSHUA THOMAS JONESSergeant · November 1, 1966
- JUDD WAYNE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS KNOPFPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 5
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 5
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 5
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 6
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 7
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 8
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
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.