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DONALD RICHARD MATE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Richard Mate, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 20
- BENNY JOE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WALLACE SYLVESTER LITTLESergeant First Class · May 18, 1968
- EUGENE KENNETH LUPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CHARLES BUCKLEY MASONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS PATRICK IORIOSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 19
- CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 1
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 2
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.