Sp4 Donald Irvin Rankin

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Sp4 Donald Irvin Rankin Veteran

Birth
Death
24 Nov 1966 (aged 26)
Vietnam
Burial
Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Rankin was killed in action in Vietnam. A moving tribute to him was portrayed in the HBO documentary "Dear America Letters Home from Vietnam".

Donald Irvin Rankin
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: New Carlisle, Kentucky
Date of birth: Sunday, 04/14/1940

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Selective Service)
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 52653856
MOS: 11B20 Infantryman
LenSvc: Between 1 and 2 years
Unit: A CO, 5TH BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Tuesday, 08/02/1966
Cas Date: Thursday, 11/24/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, South Vietnam

A Company, 5/7th Cavalry, lost seven men on 24 November 1966:

SP4 Robert Cain, Sumter, SC
SP4 Donald R. Duncan, Morning View, KY
SP4 Russell E. Ferrebee, West Union, WV
SP4 Donald I. Rankin, New Carlisle, KY
PFC Malcolm K. Brouhard, Wheatfield, IN
PFC Thomas G. Erickson, St Paul, MN
PVT Eddie C. Lopez, Clifton, AZ

ON THE WALL Panel 12E Line 115

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Rankin was killed in action in Vietnam. A moving tribute to him was portrayed in the HBO documentary "Dear America Letters Home from Vietnam".

Donald Irvin Rankin
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: New Carlisle, Kentucky
Date of birth: Sunday, 04/14/1940

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Selective Service)
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 52653856
MOS: 11B20 Infantryman
LenSvc: Between 1 and 2 years
Unit: A CO, 5TH BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Tuesday, 08/02/1966
Cas Date: Thursday, 11/24/1966
Age at Loss: 26
Location: Province not reported, South Vietnam

A Company, 5/7th Cavalry, lost seven men on 24 November 1966:

SP4 Robert Cain, Sumter, SC
SP4 Donald R. Duncan, Morning View, KY
SP4 Russell E. Ferrebee, West Union, WV
SP4 Donald I. Rankin, New Carlisle, KY
PFC Malcolm K. Brouhard, Wheatfield, IN
PFC Thomas G. Erickson, St Paul, MN
PVT Eddie C. Lopez, Clifton, AZ

ON THE WALL Panel 12E Line 115

http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/42387/DONALD-I-RANKIN