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DONALD ROBERT DONALDSON
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1929 – March 10, 1970
Service recordDonald Robert Donaldson, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 103
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 2, 1929
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 103
- KENNETH WILLIAM COWSERTPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM DEANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DARNELL HICKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 104
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.