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JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1945 – November 20, 1967
Service recordJerry Richard Donatiello, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 40
- JOHN DAGOSTINOPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- LARRY AIME DENTREMONTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 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.