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DONALD WARREN SENTMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1943 – December 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Warren Sentman, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 70
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
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Forty Fort, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 70
- DAVID MICHAEL MCCORDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MEIGGSFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- WILLIAM TURNER OVERCASHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENDRICK CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 67
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 67
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 68
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 70
From Forty Fort
- BOYD ELLIS MORROWMajor · October 13, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD LYNCHSergeant · June 15, 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.