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DONALD KEITH VADAKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – December 11, 1968
Service recordDonald Keith Vadakin, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; nine of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 8
- ROBERT TEASLEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 84
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 3
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ELIJAH MILES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ALEXANDER POZMANN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RALPH EDWARD ROACHSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RONALD M ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- HERMAN FRANCIS RUBINPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 8
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
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.