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DAVID AZORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1943 – May 6, 1968
Service recordDavid Azore, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 38
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.