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JOHN DENNIS DONOVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1942 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Dennis Donovan, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 8
- JOSEPH EDWIN DAVIESMajor · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD HALL DILLON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS AKELSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- ROBERT EARL JENKINSSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.