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DAVID ERIC SCHELVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1946 – April 26, 1967
Service recordDavid Eric Schelvan, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 98
- RICKEY DALE SOUTHERNCorporal · April 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFF STEPHENSAirman First Class · April 26, 1967
- NATHANIEL H STEPHENS JRLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TILLMON POWELL HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 94
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.