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DONNIE LUSTER KING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1945 – July 3, 1969
Service recordDonnie Luster King, of Bastrop, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Bastrop, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 53
- RICHARD JOHN KEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE KNIGHTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FRANK LOUIS KOBORSergeant · July 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
From Bastrop
- HAROLD WAYNE LOWTHERSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- LEO PORTERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON HENDERSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- ROY LEE NATIONSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
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.