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DAVID DUANE CASE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1945 – September 16, 1965
Service recordDavid Duane Case, of Holley, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Holley, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 84
- HAROLD VERNON DAYRINGER JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- KENNETH RAY IRELANPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1965
- SAM IVEYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
From Holley
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- GEORGE WARREN FISCHER JRSpecialist Four · August 3, 1968
- PAUL SCOTT MANDRACCHIALance Corporal · April 16, 1970
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.