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DONALD ROY OSWALD
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1925 – December 23, 1966
Service recordDonald Roy Oswald, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 75
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NAVSUPPACT
- Born
- January 29, 1925
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 75
- MARVIN GEORGE MANTERNACHPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
- ROBERT R MARTINEZPrivate · December 23, 1966
- BARRY MITCHELL MOUNCESpecialist Four · December 23, 1966
- BERNIS J NOVISKICorporal · December 23, 1966
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 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.