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DONNIE LEON WORTHEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – December 19, 1968
Service recordDonnie Leon Worthey, of Mason, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Mason, Illinois (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 47
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENSONSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- JACK PATRICK BLAKECaptain · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALLEN BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 43
- LAWRENCE ORTIZ JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 45
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.