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DAVID ANDREW WASHBURN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 9, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Andrew Washburn, of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Guys Mills, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 18
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- ANDREW JACOB WANGPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1968
From Guys Mills
- RICHARD CARL HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- DAN RAE BYHAMPrivate First Class · February 19, 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.