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JAMES WARREN DONNELLY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – August 5, 1969
Service recordJames Warren Donnelly JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 97
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD D HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOHN KERBYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 98
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.