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DAVID COLEMAN KAYS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – April 10, 1970
Service recordDavid Coleman Kays, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 117
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
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- 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
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 117
- MICHAEL LEE FARLEYCorporal · April 10, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JACK ALLEN HAWLEYTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- JAMES T HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY CARRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 116
- DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNKStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 120
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.