Rank: Corporal
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 9-Mar-1945
Hometown: Miami, Oklahoma
Marital status: Married to Martha W. Rankins
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 11-May-1967
Start of tour: 19-Oct-1967
Incident date: 12-Jun-1968
Date of casualty: 12-Jun-1968
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Donald Lee Rankins died from metal fragment wounds received while driver of military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao.)
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, Oklahoma, USA
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