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DONALD RAY OKAMOTO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1947 – August 30, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Okamoto, of National City, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 68
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 68
- DOUGLAS CARROLL COKERPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1967
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.