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DONALD WILLIAM ATWELL JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1949 – December 27, 1969
Service recordDonald William Atwell JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 97
- WILLIAM EDWARD BONNERFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- GLENN ALFRED CAILSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- MARK CHARLES CORBETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
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.