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PETER FRANCIS DONNELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1942 – April 26, 1968
Service recordPeter Francis Donnell, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 17
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · April 26, 1968
- DONALD KIETH DUDLEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- WILLIAM LEROY FIXPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DEWAYNE BOYETTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 14
- DAVID ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 14
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 15
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 17
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 20
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 23
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- RAYMOND JULIUS SMITHSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 24
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 26
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.