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ROBERT JOHN DONOVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – November 9, 1966
Service recordRobert John Donovan, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 46
- RONNIE HANKINS BINTLIFFPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- DAVID KEITH DEENSergeant · November 9, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DERKSEMAPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 46
- DAVID KEITH DEENSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 46
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 47
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.