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DONNIE BIARUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1943 – May 19, 1969
Service recordDonnie Biarum, of Enumclaw, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Enumclaw, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 65
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- GENE THOMAS GIETZENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
From Enumclaw
- JEFFREY ALLAN SCHWEIKLPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GERALD STEVEN HANSENPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- LARRY JOE MALATESTASpecialist Four · August 1, 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.