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DAVID ALAN PROTAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordDavid Alan Protain, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 42
- MAURICE EDWARD LUNDYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN PAYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1969
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.