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DONALD RICHARD KEMMERER
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 20, 1941 – August 6, 1967
Service recordDonald Richard Kemmerer, of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 6, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 390 TFS
- Born
- May 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Quakertown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 6, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “390 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 83
- LOWELL C HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1967
- BOBBY RAY MEFFORDLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DARYL L MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LINWOOD PAGE JRMajor · Panel 24E, Line 84
From Quakertown
- ATIS KARLIS LIELMANISFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1963
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RONALD LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- PHILLIP DANIEL MILLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · August 18, 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.