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DONNIE LEN DARROW
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1937 – November 30, 1967
Service recordDonnie Len Darrow, of Lebanon, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 10
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- January 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Missouri (Laclede County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 10
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JEROME CLARK IIIMajor · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- DARYL LEE DAVISAirman First Class · November 30, 1967
From Lebanon
- JAMES RILEY LEDBETTERHospitalman · March 12, 1968
- JEARL RAY PATTENSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- HOWARD EUGENE BROWN JRSeaman · January 9, 1970
- GENE RANDOLF KENNEDYSpecialist Four · March 19, 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.