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JOHN ANDREW DONNAL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 20, 1930 – August 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Andrew Donnal, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 65 ENG BN 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 60
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS M FRANKLINSergeant · August 1, 1967
- ALVIN MAYNARD GOODWINLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKECaptain · August 1, 1967
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
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.