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DONALD TERRY HELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – April 3, 1967
Service recordDonald Terry Helton, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 17E, Line 96
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES POTEETPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SHERWOOD JRCorporal · April 3, 1967
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
- KENNETH GLENN SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 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.