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DAVID C PAPESH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – March 3, 1967
Service recordDavid C Papesh, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 11
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JOHNSON JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- EDWIN JONESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 1969
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.