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DAVID EDWARD MOVCHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Movchan, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 46
- GARY DEAN MCCRAYCorporal · May 18, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN LAURENCE NALLSCaptain · May 18, 1969
- BOBBY GENE NEWBYCorporal · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GARZA JRSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 41
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 41
- LEO JOHN HUBER IIICaptain · Panel 24W, Line 43
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.