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DONALD LEO CURTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1944 – June 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Leo Curtin, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 87
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 87
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DANIELCaptain · June 19, 1969
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 88
- EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 95
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · 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.