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DAVID ARLEN WALDERA
Captain · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – April 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Arlen Waldera, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 3
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 3
- ROBERT JOHN STORK JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- JULIAN VICTOR VELASQUEZSergeant · April 2, 1969
- LENWOOD WHITE JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 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.