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DONALD NEIL PENSYL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1950 – August 30, 1971
Service recordDonald Neil Pensyl, of Wellsville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wellsville, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 6
- TERRY MICHAEL HAMMONDSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
- HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER IISergeant · August 30, 1971
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WEISSERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
From Wellsville
- DONALD EARL THOMPSONCommander · February 4, 1967
- CHARLES MATHEW DUTTONSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.