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DONNIE WAYNE CAUDILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordDonnie Wayne Caudill, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 28
- HENRY CHAMBERLAINStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN CONLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 29
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.