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DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1947 – July 3, 1970
Service recordDonnie Howard Russell, of Tracy, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 116
- WILLIAM ALLEN JUSTICECaptain · July 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD OLINGER JRSergeant · July 3, 1970
- JOHN WILSON OWENSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- TERRY LEE SANDERSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
From Tracy
- LARKIN OSCAR VALLERANDLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- MANUEL CATANO NEVESCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUSHERCorporal · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
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.