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DAVID CHARLES ASBURY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – June 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Charles Asbury, of Foley, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Foley, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 11
- DELBERT ELLIS WEBERPetty Officer First Class · June 24, 1969
- DEAN CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND BRIGGSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- DAVID JAMES CORCORANPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · Panel 21W, Line 12
- HOWARD ROSEDIETCHERSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 15
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.