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DAVID ALDEN LAND
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 5, 1949 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Alden Land, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 2
- JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELLFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1969
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- JACK DEAN SHOCKCorporal · January 14, 1969
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE BALLENTINE CAMPOSFireman · Panel 35W, Line 88
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 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.