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DONALD RENAY WORKMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
April 14, 1943 – July 21, 1970
Service recordDonald Renay Workman, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 39
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · July 21, 1970
- RICHARD MAX PEARLSergeant · July 21, 1970
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- JOHNNY FRED SCOTTLance Corporal · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- FREDERICK DAVID GREENESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 38
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- JAMES ROBERT KALSUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 39
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 39
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.