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DAVID ALLEN IVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – April 23, 1967
Service recordDavid Allen Ives, of Fairfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 75
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 75
- GEORGE ROBERT HARRISONCorporal · April 23, 1967
- JOSE G HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JIMMIE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANK LEWELLINLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
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.