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DONALD LEE KANNEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 19, 1937 – April 16, 1967
Service recordDonald Lee Kannel, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- October 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 35
- DAVID HELRIEGELSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CYRIL GLOVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 34
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.