Springsteadah, Donald Kenn
Air Force Technical sergeant

Donald Kenn Springsteadah, age 33, from Millville, New Jersey, Cumberland county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 11, 1968
Death details: On March 11, 1968, North Vietnamese soldiers conducted a sapper attack against a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Navigation system, designated Lima Site 85 in Houaphan Province, Laos, also referred to as Phou Pha Thi. The enemy attacked very early in the morning, using grenades and mortars, and eventually killing eleven U.S. Air Force personnel. Nine Americans were later rescued from the site, one who was wounded and then later died of his injuries before he reached the evacuation base. Technical Sergeant Donald Kennebunk Springsteadah, who joined the U.S. Air Force from New Jersey, served with Detachment 1, 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron. He was killed during the attack on Lima Site 85 on March 11, 1968, and his remains were not recovered. Today, Technical Sergeant Springsteadah is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency