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STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1946 – April 5, 1969
Service recordSteven Ellis Donaldson, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 16
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 16
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- JOHN NEWT EDWARDSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1969
- ISLAM OZGERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
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.