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DAVID ALLIE SAIDE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1950 – November 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Allie Saide, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 65
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 65
- CHARLES RAYFORD SELLERSSergeant First Class · November 16, 1970
- NORMAN R STODDARD JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1970
- KENNETH DALE ADKINSSergeant · November 17, 1970
- JOSEPH CARTER JRSergeant · November 17, 1970
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.