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WARREN LEE DONAHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1950 – January 8, 1970
Service recordWarren Lee Donahe, of Milpitas, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Milpitas, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 12
- CARL ALLEN THOMSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- WAYNE MICHAEL COLESecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- WILLARD WINSTON CROYSergeant · January 8, 1970
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ERNEST PICKARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 14
From Milpitas
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- HAROLD EDWARD BOETCHERLance Corporal · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT ALBERT HORCAJOPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.