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DAVE ROYCE KINGSBURY
Major · U.S. Army
August 13, 1931 – July 11, 1967
Service recordDave Royce Kingsbury, of Sunset Lake, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Sunset Lake, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 52
- WILLIAM JOHN IGOEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- LEWIS FRANKLIN JENKINSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23E, Line 50
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.