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LEO MICHAEL DONKER
Major · U.S. Army
March 6, 1935 – April 3, 1966
Service recordLeo Michael Donker, of Miami, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 6, 1935
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 79
- RALPH MAURICE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DONALD EARL YOUNGLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH W PARENTCaptain · Panel 6E, Line 81
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.