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DAVID ARTHUR PURSER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1946 – March 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Arthur Purser, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 4
- FRANK ANTHONY UHLIK JRAirman First Class · March 15, 1968
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- JAY DARRELL MCMURPHYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- RONALD STANLEY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 1970
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.