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MICHAEL JOHN DONOVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordMichael John Donovan, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 21
- KEVIN MARK COYNELance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- DONALD MERRITT CUFFStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1968
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- DAVID ERNEST DIXONCorporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 20
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 20
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 24
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 28
From Berwyn
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT RONALD SWANPrivate · September 1, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 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.