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RICHARD MICHAEL DONLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Michael Donlan, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 90
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 90
- ROBERT MERLE COOKSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · February 28, 1969
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- LARRY BRENT CURTTRIGHTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 89
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.