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DONALD THOMAS CASSIDY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1938 – November 3, 1966
Service recordDonald Thomas Cassidy, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 16
- SAMUEL K SOLOMON JRFirst Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · November 3, 1966
- WALLACE ADRION ABBOTTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 13
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- RONALD EUGENE HESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
From Bellerose
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 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.