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DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1948 – January 3, 1971
Service recordDavid Alexander Trester, of Weaverville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Weaverville, California (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 24
- FERRIS ANSEL RHODES JRMajor · January 3, 1971
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- WILLIAM TERRY STODARDPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- CHARLES WAYNE STRATTONMajor · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 25
From Weaverville
- ROY GORDON AZBILLWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 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.