Rank: Corporal
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 05B – Radio Operator
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 29-Aug-1946
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 24-Apr-1969
Start of tour: 7-Oct-1969
Incident date: 22-Jan-1970
Date of casualty: 22-Jan-1970
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Other causes.
Donald Henry Majkowski was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on mine sweep mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Long, South Vietnam, XU 955 213
Place of interment: Beverly Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, USA
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