Donald was named in honor of his father and Nellie's father Andrew Hester Wagstaff. He served in the U.S. Navy between June 1969 and 1973 and ended his term as a Boatswain 2nd Class. He went to Hawaii aboard the USS Brooke and then served most of his term on the USS Worden, a missile frigate ship, off the east coast of Vietnam. His ship took a direct hit and his best friend was killed instantly. His father said Don was never the same afterwards.
Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.
Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.
Donald was named in honor of his father and Nellie's father Andrew Hester Wagstaff. He served in the U.S. Navy between June 1969 and 1973 and ended his term as a Boatswain 2nd Class. He went to Hawaii aboard the USS Brooke and then served most of his term on the USS Worden, a missile frigate ship, off the east coast of Vietnam. His ship took a direct hit and his best friend was killed instantly. His father said Don was never the same afterwards.
Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.
Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.
