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DAVID DUANE ELSBERND
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – September 9, 1969
Service recordDavid Duane Elsbernd, of Crosby, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Crosby, North Dakota (Divide County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 61
- DONNIE JOE CLOUGHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- TERRY LEE DENNEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- DELBERT DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- MICHEL JACK GRECOSecond Lieutenant · September 9, 1969
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.