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JAMES T DONAHUE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – September 22, 1967
Service recordJames T Donahue JR, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 111
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 111
- JAMES ROGER BOYERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1967
- BLACKSHEAR M BRYAN JRMajor · September 22, 1967
- EUGENE FRANCIS CORMIERPrivate · September 22, 1967
- JOEL CROCKETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
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.