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DONALD LEE PERCY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1950 – September 16, 1970
Service recordDonald Lee Percy, of Devers, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Devers, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 68
- ALTON DOYLE BYRDSergeant First Class · September 16, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK KEENEYPrivate · September 16, 1970
- HARRY ROBERT SCHETTLERSpecialist Five · September 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 67
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.