The Wall › Panel 16E › New York › Joseph Michael Donovan
JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordJoseph Michael Donovan, of Auburn, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 20
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 20
- MAURICE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN FEDDEMASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- VICTOR C HILLPrivate · March 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
From Auburn
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.