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DONALD SHERWOOD SAWYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1949 – April 11, 1969
Service recordDonald Sherwood Sawyer, of Scranton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 27W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Scranton, North Carolina (Hyde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 61
- DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · April 12, 1969
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
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.