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DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKY
Captain · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – August 5, 1971
Service recordDavid Edward Cinkosky, of Post Falls, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 123
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Post Falls, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 123
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- DAVID LEE GARCILLESpecialist Five · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
From Post Falls
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- HOWARD LEMUEL JONES JRLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- STEVEN HAROLD NIPPCorporal · February 8, 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.