Donald Dale Maki
Petty Officer Third Class
USS CORAL SEA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Hutchinson, Minnesota
July 26, 1948 to December 07, 1967
(Incident Date October 25, 1967)
DONALD D MAKI is on the Wall at Panel 28E, Line 92

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Donald D Maki
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Donald D Maki

PO3 DONALD DALE MAKI

 
13 Jun 2002

Donald D Maki is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 28E, Row 92.

A memorial initiated by his sister-in-law.
redfox@hutchtel.net


 

A note from The Virtual Wall

On 25 October 1967, a 5-inch ZUNI rocket exploded in a below-decks rocket assembly area aboard USS CORAL SEA. Nine men were seriously injured by burns and fragments. Four of the men died of their injuries:
  • On 10/29/67, SA Carlyle B. Pomeroy, Jr., Denver, Co
  • On 10/30/67, AO3 Victor R. Wooden, White City, Or, and
    SN Ronald A. Hessman, Los Angeles, Ca
  • On 12/7/67, AO3 Donald D. Maki, Hutchinson, Mn
These men did not receive the Purple Heart; their injuries were not caused by hostile action, but rather resulted from the inherent dangers of their day-to-day work.

However, they are no less a casualty of the war than the infantryman who died of a hostile gunshot wound or the aviator shot down by hostile fire.

I did not serve with Petty Officer Maki; my combat missions were flown from the decks of USS AMERICA and USS CONSTELLATION. But I do know, and testify to, the dangers our enlisted men encountered every time they left their racks and started another 16 hour working day. And I know they earned my respect for the way they performed hazardous tasks in a dangerous environment.

I offer a salute to

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Donald D. Maki
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Victor R. Wooden
Seaman Ronald A. Hessman
Seaman Apprentice Carlyle B. Pomeroy, Jr.

and to the other sailors who work
and sometimes die aboard our warships.

K. J. Davis
Commander, U S Navy (Ret)


 
A memorial initiated by his sister-in-law.
redfox@hutchtel.net 
13 Jun 2002


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