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DAVID ANTHONY LUM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 24, 1940 – December 20, 1966
Service recordDavid Anthony Lum, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS
- Born
- November 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 63
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANKLIN HARRISPrivate · December 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS HARRISLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.