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JAMES ALLAN DONAHUE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1948 – August 22, 1970
Service recordJames Allan Donahue, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 129
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
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 129
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · August 22, 1970
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALEX CHAVEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.