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PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1942 – July 8, 1968
Service recordPamela Dorothy Donovan, of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. She died on July 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. Her name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 43
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Brighton, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; she was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 43
- LOUIS LAMAR CLANTONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- JOHN ROSALEZ GALABIZLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY LOUIS HRENCorporal · July 8, 1968
- EDWARD DANIEL JACOBS JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1968
From Brighton
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 1971
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 her yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.