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DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – June 9, 1968
Service recordDonato Joseph Simiele, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 14
- JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIERLieutenant · June 9, 1968
- AUGUST ROMANOPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- WALTER ROY SCHMIDT JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- RICKY LEE SHACKELFORDSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
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.