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DONNIE D EZELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 23, 1937 – April 24, 1965
Service recordDonnie D Ezell, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 24, 1965, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 23, 1937
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 108
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.