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DONALD LEE SHIRLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – March 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Shirley, of Ridgely, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 96
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridgely, Tennessee (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 96
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · March 9, 1969
- LARRY MAX SMITHSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- RANDY RONELL BOYKINSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 85
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 86
- ALTON LEE ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- STEVEN CHARLES ERBENTRAUTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- CALVIN NORMAN JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 87
- DAVID JAMES HORDERNCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 90
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 90
- MICHAEL PATRICK OCONNORCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 93
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 95
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- HUEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Ridgely
- CARL SOCRATES MILLER JRMajor · January 29, 1966
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORDLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
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.