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DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – April 10, 1970
Service recordDonald Wayne Sistrunk, of Eunice, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Eunice, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 120
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- GALE STOPHER JRSergeant Major · April 10, 1970
- KEVIN ARLEY STOUTCorporal · April 10, 1970
- EDWARD W STRAINStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY CARRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 116
- DAVID COLEMAN KAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 117
From Eunice
- CHARLES RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 8, 1966
- JAMES DONALD FEUCHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- JIMMY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALVIN MONDAYLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.