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THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1945 – June 3, 1967
Service recordThomas Stephen Donovan, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 44
- VICTOR MICHAEL DRISCOLLCorporal · June 3, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
From Natick
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 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.