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ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1944 – August 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Hughes Donaway, of Felton, Delaware, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 59
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Felton, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 59
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- DANIEL RICHARD DAVISCaptain · August 18, 1969
- MARIO P DELEONCorporal · August 18, 1969
- STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD CARLTON ARDSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 58
From Felton
- BRUCE EDWARD DOLBOWPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.