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DAVID ARLINGTON TANNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordDavid Arlington Tanner, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 67
- CLAUDE JOSEPH STEINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR ALLEN MAZITIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 66
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.