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DONALD LEE TOVEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1929 – July 2, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Tovey, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 49
- DANIEL BERNARD SINNOTTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- DAVID R VORENKAMPPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- EDWARD LARUE WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1969
- JIM ALLEN WRAYSergeant · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 45
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 46
- ROBERT CHARLES RIZZOCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 48
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.