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DONALD THOMAS PENNEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1944 – October 28, 1968
Service recordDonald Thomas Penney, of Willseyville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Willseyville, New York (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 50
- REGINALD WALTER MERRIMANSergeant · October 28, 1968
- JAY WAYNE PAROLASpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST RICKERLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1968
- FRANCIS L ROSSELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 28, 1968
From Willseyville
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · January 20, 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.