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DONALD PAUL LOCKWOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 12, 1944 – June 21, 1971
Service recordDonald Paul Lockwood, of Manitou Springs, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 21, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 85
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Manitou Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 85
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · June 21, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · June 21, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID METZLERCommander · June 21, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM WOODSSergeant · June 21, 1971
From Manitou Springs
- BURKE HENDERSON MORGANMajor · August 22, 1967
- GUY FRANCIS ABBOTTSergeant First Class · February 23, 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.