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DAVID ALFRED LAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1947 – June 7, 1967
Service recordDavid Alfred Land, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 69
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 69
- REX ALFRED LADUKEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- LUIS ENRE MILAN-ANAVITARTEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- LARRY LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
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.