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DONALD WILLIAM IDE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1943 – May 25, 1969
Service recordDonald William Ide, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 103
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 103
- DAVID BOUNDS HERRINGCorporal · May 25, 1969
- RONNIE ELLIS HOGBINSergeant First Class · May 25, 1969
- WESLEY GENE ICEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- GARY MCCOLLOUGHCorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 102
- JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 105
- THOMAS BERNHARD PAYNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 106
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.