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HERBERT C DONALDSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 18, 1945 – October 29, 1967
Service recordHerbert C Donaldson JR, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 95
- LOUIS BROWARD ARNOLDSergeant · October 29, 1967
- MANVILLE LAWRENCE BARBSecond Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLOFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 95
- FORREST DEVERE RAINS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28E, Line 98
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.