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RICHARD PETE DONATHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1944 – August 10, 1966
Service recordRichard Pete Donathan, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 121
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 121
- EDDIE ACHICASergeant · August 10, 1966
- ERNEST BALDONADO AMADORSergeant · August 10, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 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 him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.