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DONALD MYRICK RUSSELL
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 28, 1931 – December 5, 1967
Service recordDonald Myrick Russell, of Westbrook, Maine, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 5, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- December 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 5, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 31E, Line 42
- ROBERT ISAAC TERRY IIISecond Lieutenant · December 5, 1967
- JAMES D VANHOOSIERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND WEISEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ADKINSSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
From Westbrook
- RAYMOND ELTON LEIGHTONSergeant · March 21, 1966
- BENEDICT MAHER DAVANStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · November 25, 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.