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DONALD ROBERT SORENSEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – May 6, 1967
Service recordDonald Robert Sorensen, of Lakewood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 51
- GARY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES VANLEEUWENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.