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DONALD THOMAS VANHORN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – February 27, 1967
Service recordDonald Thomas Vanhorn, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 110
- CONRAD FRANCIS STRAUBSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GORDON RAY TEFTELLERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- WALTER REED THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- ARTHUR JOSEPH TURNERCorporal · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ORSON FJERSTADCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 104
- JOHN WILLIAM JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 106
- CONRAD FRANCIS STRAUBSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 110
- CLARENCE VARNADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 111
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.