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DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 23, 1949 – June 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Lynn Delaplaine, of Bayville, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 92
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 92
- GERALD JAY DOWJOTASSergeant · June 28, 1971
- WILLIE JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1971
- LARRY MONTEZ LIVINGSTONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1971
- DARRYL WADE TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM COOKSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 91
From Bayville
- JOHN ROBERT MINUTOLICaptain · April 6, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOZEFOWSKICaptain · June 25, 1972
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.