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TOMMY CLAYTON DONOVAN II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordTommy Clayton Donovan II, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · January 7, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD CLOUGHWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1969
- CHARLIE ANTHONY DAVISCorporal · January 7, 1969
- JOHNNY RALPH VERASTIQUESpecialist Five · January 7, 1969
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.