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DONOVAN RUSSEL FLUHARTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – May 20, 1969
Service recordDonovan Russel Fluharty, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaver, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 58
- EDWARD ALLEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- JOE THOMAS CONKLEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
From Beaver
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- ROGER MORTON NETHERLANDCaptain · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- EDWARD ALLEN BISCHOFFPrivate First Class · January 12, 1970
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.