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DAVID ALLAN CASON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1951 – October 1, 1970
Service recordDavid Allan Cason, of Lancaster, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 103
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · October 1, 1970
- GARRETT EDWARD EDDYFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1970
- RANDY LEE FISHERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 102
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 102
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 103
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEVERETT E YARBROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 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.