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DAVID AUGUST ACTON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 1, 1945 – July 5, 1967
Service recordDavid August Acton, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 9
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- ANTHONY J BORREGOFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- PATRICK G R BRIDENBAKERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- ERNEST MACK CARTERSergeant · July 5, 1967
From Bedford
- ROBERT LEE SCOFIELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DALLAS DEWEY CUMMINGSPetty Officer Second Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · November 3, 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.