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ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – November 28, 1969
Service recordRobert William Donahue JR, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 130
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 130
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- ROY EDWARD FICKLINGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 130
- DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
- KENNETH RICHARD KIENERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 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.