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DAVID ALLEN LEFLER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 2, 1945 – May 12, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Lefler, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 74
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL KNAUSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT GAIL KRELLCorporal · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · May 12, 1969
- ALFRED LEWIS LAWYERCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ERNEST JOSEPH HUGHESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 72
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
- WENDELL ALLEN WESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.