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DAVID EARL HELM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1947 – November 10, 1967
Service recordDavid Earl Helm, of Kennedale, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennedale, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 66
- JAMES ALAN CREWMajor · November 10, 1967
- CHARLES WENDLE GRIZZLESecond Lieutenant · November 10, 1967
- THOMAS FORD HARDINGCorporal · November 10, 1967
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
From Kennedale
- MICHAEL ROSS RIVERSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.