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DONALD ROBERT KILPATRICK
Captain · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – September 2, 1969
Service recordDonald Robert Kilpatrick, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 24
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 24
- DONALD FRANCIS HORNSeaman · September 2, 1969
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1969
- ERNEST KISHCorporal · September 2, 1969
- CARL STEPHEN MIKULACorporal · September 2, 1969
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.