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DAVID ALLEN CURTIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – June 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Curtis, of Greece, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Greece, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 57
- MARK DENNIS CLOTFELTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 16, 1969
- DAVID LEE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE DOCK JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1969
- HALLIA LEON GRIFFIN JRSergeant · June 16, 1969
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.