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DAVID EUGENE DEVINE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1941 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Eugene Devine, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 7
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- EDWARD WALTER CONNELLY JRCaptain · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- RICKY LEE DOYEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Fostoria
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 1970
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.