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JAMES MARVIN DONSTAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1950 – February 4, 1969
Service recordJames Marvin Donstad, of Edgerton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Edgerton, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 53
- ROBERT LEE BALLARDPrivate · February 4, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN BARNESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BEAUMONTSergeant · February 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
From Edgerton
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRUDZINSKILance Corporal · October 21, 1966
- GLEN ALLEN BJERKECorporal · August 2, 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.