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DONNIE RAY SIZEMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1950 – June 13, 1970
Service recordDonnie Ray Sizemore, of Santee, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Santee, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 52
- GARY LYNN GRIMESLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- ASCENSION ROSALES PEREZGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1970
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 50
- JAMES ROBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 51
From Santee
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN ALVAREZWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK STROCKSergeant · February 23, 1968
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.