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MICHAEL PATRICK DONLON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1942 – June 5, 1966
Service recordMichael Patrick Donlon, of Lynbrook, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Lynbrook, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 10
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- BILLY EDWIN GIPSONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN PETER GUERINStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS WARREN HOGGELance Corporal · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 10
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 13
From Lynbrook
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MOINESTERLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN COCKERLSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALFRED LODGEMajor · May 10, 1972
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.