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DONALD LEE FORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 22, 1943 – November 22, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Ford, of Sheridan, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 35
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Wyoming (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 35
- GARY ROY GOUDYStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- WILLIE CHARLES L HAMILTONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PATRICK RAYMOND HENDRICKSONLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- TONY GENE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
From Sheridan
- PHILIP OWEN ROBINSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1966
- WALTER JUNIOR WASHUTCorporal · May 20, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD BROWNSergeant · July 10, 1967
- GARY DUANE FOXCorporal · May 24, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
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.