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DONALD KEITH BAKKIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Keith Bakkie, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 29
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 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
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 29
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- PAUL GILBERT ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MELVIN FLETCHERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 2
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · Panel 59E, Line 10
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 11
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.