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DONALD WILLIAM VANFLEET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – March 8, 1968
Service recordDonald William Vanfleet, of Inglewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 63
- RODOLFO VILLAFRANCOSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY FULLERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 53
- BOYD LEMUEL HERRINGSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 54
- RICHARD ARNE KOSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 57
- JIMMY MORRIS LOGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 62
- DONALD ROBERT TITUSCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 62
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.