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WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 22, 1952 – July 24, 1971
Service recordWilliam Joseph Donovan, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 114
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 22, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 114
- GREGORY ALFRED ANTUNANOSergeant · July 24, 1971
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
- DANNY LEE LIGHTSEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1971
- LINWOOD LEE BAKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD NELIONAL GOODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 113
- STEPHEN ELLIS SLOCUMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 113
- MARVIN BLAIR STUART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 113
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.