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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Anthony Guley.

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DAVID ANTHONY GULEY

Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 25, 1946 – August 10, 1968

Service record

David Anthony Guley, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 49W · Line 40

Position of Panel 49W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
1 INF DIV
Born
May 25, 1946
Home of record
Binghamton, New York (Broome County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 10, 1968
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 49W, Line 40

Same unit, same day

From Binghamton

All 30 names from Binghamton →

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.