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DONALD LYNN WANN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 31, 1937 – June 1, 1971
Service recordDonald Lynn Wann, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 63
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 63
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- EDWARD ALEC WERMANCaptain · June 1, 1971
- KEVIN PAUL FORCUMSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
- DANNY RAYMOND KINGSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 62
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 62
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 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.