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DAVID CHARLES TEUTSCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1949 – March 11, 1969
Service recordDavid Charles Teutsch, of Newton Falls, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Newton Falls, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 16
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · March 11, 1969
- HOWARD RAY THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- DANIEL WAYNE TINDLESpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
From Newton Falls
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT BROBSTPrivate First Class · February 15, 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.