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PATRICK JOHN DONOVAN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1943 – November 5, 1969
Service recordPatrick John Donovan, of Trinidad, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 5, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- June 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Trinidad, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 33
- FRED JOSHUA CARTERFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- JOSEPH YGNACIO ECHANISMajor · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT BURCH ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- KEN ALLEN MCCARTNEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 5, 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.