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DONALD REED FIELDER II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – April 22, 1967
Service recordDonald Reed Fielder II, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 69
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MARSHALL HOWARD ISBELLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EWELL LEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 70
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
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.