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DAVID BRUCE TOLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1952 – September 15, 1970
Service recordDavid Bruce Toler, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1952
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 67
- FRANCIS JEFFREY TROTTAPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
- JAMES MARVIN BALLStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BODISHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1970
- JAMES BROWN JRSergeant · September 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 64
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
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.