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DONALD WAYNE HART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – July 31, 1967
Service recordDonald Wayne Hart, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 55
- RICHARD LOUIS ERTLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH HARGROVE MIDGYETTEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 56
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 57
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
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.