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DAVID ALLEN STRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – July 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Strong, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 37
- CARL ONEAL HENLYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MYRON KEITH RENNEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN RUHTERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.