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DAVID CHARLES DAISHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1946 – August 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Charles Daisher, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 52
- RALPH PAUL DAYHOFFPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · August 12, 1968
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- FRANKLIN MAX ELLINGERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.