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DAVID DARYL WOOTEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – September 25, 1970
Service recordDavid Daryl Wooten, of Coral Gables, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Coral Gables, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 91
- DALE STEWART CHAMBERLAINSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- THOMAS MARTIN BARNETTWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- BENJAMIN R BOSTICK IVCaptain · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD HAROLD GRIMES IISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 89
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 90
From Coral Gables
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- JOHN HARLAN SWEETFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.