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DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – January 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Dewayne Tettleton, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 30
- RICHARD LEE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARDSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
- RALPH LAMAR HAMPTONSergeant · January 13, 1970
- CLYDE PEYTON MEREDITHSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EDNEY ECKENRODESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 29
From Eureka Springs
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · February 28, 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.