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DAVID CHARLES ORFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – December 31, 1966
Service recordDavid Charles Orfield, of Silverton, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 62 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Silverton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 105
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- HOWARD MORRIS KRAMERPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- GARY GENE SCHNEIDERCorporal · December 31, 1966
From Silverton
- GARY RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSONSpecialist Five · October 24, 1969
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
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.