The Wall › Panel 30W › Missouri › Donald Richard Mayberry
DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDonald Richard Mayberry, of Dexter, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 6
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Dexter, Missouri (Stoddard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE M MAYS JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK MENNINGERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 3
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 4
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 8
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From Dexter
- KENNETH WAYNE PARKERLance Corporal · June 21, 1965
- GEORGE KENTON SISLERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1967
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · July 29, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN KIGERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
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.