Donald Findling Wolfe

Vietnam War
UnitEarly Warning Squadron 111
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromHardin Montana
Date of DeathOctober 8 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Junior Grade Wolfe was a crew member of Early Warning Squadron 111, Detachment 34 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On October 8, 1967, he was a member of the crew of a Grumman Tracer Electronic Surveillance Aircraft (E-1B). After completing its mission the aircraft refueled at Chu Lai, South Vietnam and proceeded to the carrier. Because of bad weather the aircraft crashed into Monkey Mountain near Da Nang. His remains were recovered on August 12, 2005 and identified on June 12, 2007. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.