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DAVID ALLEN RUSSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – March 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Russell, of Leonardtown, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 64
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
- Motion Picture Specialist (84C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Leonardtown, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 64
- DENNIS ROLAND LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- DON SMITHSergeant · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH CLAYTON THORNE JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- FIRMAN ANDREW TITUSSpecialist Five · March 17, 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.