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DONALD MORGAN KROTZER
Private · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – November 25, 1967
Service recordDonald Morgan Krotzer, of Wilmington, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 85
- ROBERT EUGENE HOLDEMANMajor · November 25, 1967
- WALTER KOEPPE JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN CHRISTIAN LERCH JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER KOEPPE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 85
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 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.