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DONALD LEE SPARKS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Sparks, of Carroll, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 69
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Carroll, Iowa (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 17, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 69
- MICHAEL STEPHEN ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ROGER DALE ROSENBERGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY M SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DAVID MARK STEELEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 65
From Carroll
- GERALD LEE FELTNERHospitalman · October 30, 1965
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND HAGEDORNLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- WAYNE WILLIAM GROSSSecond Lieutenant · August 19, 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.