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DONALD W VINCENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – December 9, 1965
Service recordDonald W Vincent, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 5
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- LARRY DALE SCARBERRYPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 2
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 4
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 5
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.