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JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 25, 1946 – May 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Donahue, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 8
- FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON DRAKEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- WALTER LLOYD DROSDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · May 28, 1968
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.