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DAVID ALBERT SEMMLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – February 5, 1971
Service recordDavid Albert Semmler, of Webster, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 79
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Webster, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 79
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
- JAMES LEE PAULWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 79
From Webster
- DONALD WALTER HOLLEDERMajor · October 17, 1967
- PETER JON KAULBACKLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD ASHWORTH COLESSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
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.