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DONALD WALTER CHURCHWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordDonald Walter Churchwell, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 81
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 81
- ROBERT RICHARD BAADE IILance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE CHAMPAGNESpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 14, 1969
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · Panel 18W, Line 83
- DEWEY VERN RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 87
- LARRY EUGENE SWEETSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.