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DAVID EDWARD THEOBALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1945 – March 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Theobald, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 82
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 82
- FREDDIE CHARLES POTE JRLance Corporal · March 8, 1969
- EARL EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- RALPH DEAN VEALESergeant · March 8, 1969
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 72
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 75
- RANDALL LLOYD HARVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 75
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 76
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 76
- MATTHEW EDWARD MORTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 79
- JOHN LARRY MOTLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 79
- JAMES MICHAEL NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 79
- ROGER WAYNE SMELSERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 82
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.