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DONALD RICHARD KREGELOH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordDonald Richard Kregeloh, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 89
- JERRY GENE GATLINPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- DONALD ALVIN LIEBLLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE YBARRA POLANCO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 90
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.