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DONALD LEE NIXON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1947 – March 30, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Nixon, of Pine Lawn, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Pine Lawn, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 93
- LAWSON DWIGHT NELSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES POLASEK JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND SHERIDANSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 88
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- BENITO DIAZ JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- LAMARR LEE JOHNSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 92
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Pine Lawn
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
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.