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FRANCIS DAVID DONOHUE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1948 – December 28, 1968
Service recordFrancis David Donohue, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 84
- VERNON TERRY BULLINHospitalman · December 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSONCaptain · December 28, 1968
- REID ERNEST GRAYSON JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- A W HOWARD JRSergeant · December 28, 1968
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 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.