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PETER MICHAEL DONOVAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1946 – August 31, 1968
Service recordPeter Michael Donovan, of Kingston, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 13
- REX GORDON CHRISMANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- WALTER SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 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.