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DONALD WAYNE BORNMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordDonald Wayne Bornman, of Edwardsville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 44
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ERNEST FRANK BRIGGS JRSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY ISHMUEL BRIGGSSpecialist Five · January 5, 1968
From Edwardsville
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 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.