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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Carl Lindberg.

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DAVID CARL LINDBERG

Captain · U.S. Air Force

September 17, 1937 – May 21, 1967

Service record

David Carl Lindberg, of Lakeport, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20E · Line 78

Position of Panel 20E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 17, 1937
Home of record
Lakeport, California (Lake County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 21, 1967
Age
29
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20E, Line 78

From Lakeport

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.