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DAVID ALFRED MCAFEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1949 – August 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Alfred McAfee, of Northboro, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Northboro, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 30
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- JAMES K MCALEER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · August 22, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS OLEARYPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From Northboro
- NEIL ROBERT ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
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.