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DAVID CHISUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Chisum, of Salinas, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 23
- GARY DEAN BOWLINGSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- CLAYTON CHARLES BRANNONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAY BROWNCorporal · August 16, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK COOKPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LURAL LEE BLEVINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 22
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 25
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 27
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · Panel 48W, Line 30
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
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.