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DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1945 – April 9, 1975
Service recordDonald Thomas Dionne SR, of Sylmar, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 9, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 122
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Engineer Specialist (43550)
- Born
- January 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Sylmar, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1975
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1975; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 122
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
- MARY THERESE KLINKERCaptain · April 4, 1975
- WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLISLieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1975
- FELIZARDO CUENCA AGUILLONTechnical Sergeant · April 9, 1975
From Sylmar
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
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.