Droz, Donald Glenn, LTJG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 111X, Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) 43, Coastal Division 11 (COSDIV 11)

Service Years
1966 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Missouri

Year of Birth
1943

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2 to remember Droz, Donald Glenn, LTJG.

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Casualty Info

Home Town Rich Hill, MO	Last Address Rich Hill, MO

Casualty Date Apr 12, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location An Xugen (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Green Lawn Cemetery - Rich HIll, Missouri	Wall/Plot Coordinates 27W 063 / Section 09-017-2

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2017, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2017, The National Gold Star Family Registry

REMEMBERED by Terry Boone


Date Not Specified
Last Updated: Apr 12, 2012

Comments
REMEMBERED Lieutenant (junior grade) Donald Droz was the skipper of PCF-43, a "swift boat" assigned to Coastal Division Eleven. On 12 April 1969 he and Chief Hospital Corpsman Robert Worthington of Underwater Demolition Team 13 were killed in action when eight boats of CosDiv-11 were ambushed. Quartermaster 3rd Class Thomas Holloway , cox'n aboard PCF-51, was killed in the same engagement. A memorial initiated by Terry Boone

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