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DONALD THOMAS EWALT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – February 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Thomas Ewalt, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 4
- J B CATHEYSeaman Apprentice · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD EARL DEWPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JAMES DALE DOUGLASSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DEAN ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 79
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 79
- JAMES DALE DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 4
- MICHAEL L KOSKOVICHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 8
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 11
- CHARLES BURTON POOLEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 12
- GARRY DAYMON SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 13
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.