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WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1943 – November 6, 1966
Service recordWellington Martin Donahue, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 33
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
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.