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DAVID ALLEN STREMLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Stremler, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 41
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 41
- JOSEPH LYNWOOD SHREVE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- RICKEY DOVIE SMITHPrivate · May 1, 1968
- EUSEBIO SOLISPrivate · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS F STROTHERS JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEO HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 33
- LARRY DEAN KELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 35
- DENNIS D LAWVERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 35
- THOMAS F STROTHERS JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 41
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 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.