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DONALD PETER LINDSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1940 – April 30, 1967
Service recordDonald Peter Lindsley, of Watchung, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 123
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Watchung, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 123
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JULIUS ALLEN KESSLER IIICorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KOTIKLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 124
- HAROLD LAVEROL POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 126
From Watchung
- STEPHEN CRAWFORD JONESFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 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.