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DAVID CLEELAND
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1922 – July 25, 1966
Service recordDavid Cleeland, of Flushing, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 73
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Prop) (7331)
- Born
- November 16, 1922
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 73
- GARY NOLAN BASSLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN BOKINAStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- EVERETT AUSTIN CURRENCEPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRIS DYVIG JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK MEGLIOLieutenant Commander · February 6, 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.