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DONALD PETER GERVAIS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1943 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Peter Gervais, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 31
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 1, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
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 53E, Line 31
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- LESLIE NEIL GENERALCorporal · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 31
- RICHARD D MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 53E, Line 43
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 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.