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DONALD RAY ALLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – December 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Alley, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 13
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 13
- WILLIE C WALKERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- JOHN SCOTT ALBRIGHT IICaptain · December 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTERSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE JOE NEELEYSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 17
- SAMMY RAY PALMERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 19
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.