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DONALD KEITH POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordDonald Keith Powell, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia (Winchester (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 21
- WILLIAM GEORGE RASHStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1968
- DONALD PAGE REAMERSergeant · August 21, 1968
- ROY JACK RECTORPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JESUS RIVERAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 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.