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DONALD MERRITT CUFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1938 – June 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Merritt Cuff, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 21
- KEVIN MARK COYNELance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- DAVID ERNEST DIXONCorporal · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.