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HOWARD ARTHUR DONALD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1947 – June 8, 1967
Service recordHoward Arthur Donald, of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 73
- JON THOMAS BUSCHCaptain · June 8, 1967
- LEONARD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- JERRY LORENZO DAWCorporal · June 8, 1967
From Tamaqua
- DAVID VERBILLAPrivate First Class · May 3, 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.