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DONALD LEO CLINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1950 – April 5, 1969
Service recordDonald Leo Cline, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 15
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 15
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONE IVPetty Officer Third Class · April 5, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT BROCKCorporal · April 5, 1969
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · April 5, 1969
- DAVID LEIGH BURNETTSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT BROCKCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- KENNETH ESTESSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 17
- STEVEN JAMES HUBERTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- GEORGE JACKSON HYATTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- BURLEY DARREL KIRACOFECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 19
- STEVEN MICHALSKICorporal · Panel 27W, Line 20
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.