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DONALD TED SLUDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1947 – October 18, 1967
Service recordDonald Ted Sluder, of Mountain City, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 ENGINEERS
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Mountain City, Tennessee (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 37
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- HOWARD OGDEN JRLance Corporal · October 18, 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.