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DONALD LEE RANKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1945 – June 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Rankins, of Miami, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Miami, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 3
- JAMES DONALD RAABPetty Officer Third Class · June 12, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ROWLANDCorporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- HENRY CHARLES SANFORD JRSergeant · June 12, 1968
From Miami
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- THOMAS DALE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JAMES TERRY RANSTEADSecond Lieutenant · January 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE MIDKIFFSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LEONARD ELZY EULITTPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- LONNIE EUGENE DUMASSergeant · December 29, 1970
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.