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HARMON ODELL DONALD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 14, 1942 – February 8, 1970
Service recordHarmon Odell Donald JR, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 115
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 115
- BOOKER T DAVIE JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- BRADLEY ALLEN KINDERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILSON COUCH KOEHLERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 116
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
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.