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DONALD PRIESTER CANDLER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1944 – August 8, 1969
Service recordDonald Priester Candler, of Temple, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 111
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Temple, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 111
- MILFORD MARVIN TOGNAZZINIPetty Officer First Class · August 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 111
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 111
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
- RICHARD JOHN NOLDINCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
- RICHARD RALPH OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 114
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 115
From Temple
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GRAYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HAROLD DWAINE DANIELSSergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH KERR BUSH JRCaptain · February 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 1970
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.