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DAVID EDWARD KILLIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1951 – November 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Edward Killian, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 84
- EDWARD DALE BURKETTSpecialist Five · November 26, 1970
- SAMUEL LEE GANTTSergeant · November 26, 1970
- RALPH HOWELLStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1970
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1970
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.