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MICHAEL G DONOVAN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – January 21, 1968
Service recordMichael G Donovan III, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 4 BN 60 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 4
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN JENARO CONTRERASPrivate · January 21, 1968
- REECE A CRITCHFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.