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DONALD RICHARD NORTH JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Richard North JR, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 5
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- OSCAR C PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- FRANK MAURICE PROCTORSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1968
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.