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THOMAS EDWARD DONOVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1945 – March 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Donovan, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 62
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- RONNIE CHARLES CURETONLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- VERNON LEROY DOWNS JRCorporal · March 23, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 63
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 1
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 2
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
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.