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DAVID COLVIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – March 27, 1966
Service recordDavid Colvin, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 53
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 53
- RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MERLE ELDON JONESSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1966
- RONALD WEAVER JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- ELWIN CLAUDE WISEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.