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DONALD RAY LAMBERT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1948 – December 27, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Lambert, of Augusta, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Augusta, Illinois (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 98
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
- PERRY WOODROW JAMES HALLCorporal · December 27, 1969
- JACK EUGENE HOLMESSpecialist Five · December 27, 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.