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DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – June 1, 1970
Service recordDavid Campbell Mossner, of Austin, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 131
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 131
- RICKEY LAYNE JERGENSONPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- ROGER JOSEPH KOSTKASpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- ROBERT DIAS LOPEZPetty Officer Second Class · June 1, 1970
- JOHN MARTIN MULCAHYLieutenant · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 130
- AULDON KEITH WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 132
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.