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DONALD RAY BROGDON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 2, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Brogdon, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 1
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · May 6, 1968
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 11
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · Panel 56E, Line 14
- KENNETH RAYMOND QUANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 15
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 17
- LEE ROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 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.