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DONALD LEWIS WINCKLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1945 – May 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Lewis Winckler, of Marine City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Marine City, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 42
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · May 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE PAUL BERECHPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- JOHNNY BLACKMONCorporal · May 5, 1967
- MARTIN CAVAZOSCorporal · May 5, 1967
From Marine City
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · December 6, 1967
- DWIGHT GERALD REICHLELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
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.