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DAVID EUGENE PERSON
Major · U.S. Army
May 26, 1933 – September 22, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Person, of Kirbyville, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 1
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Kirbyville, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 1
- JOHNNIE CARL LAWSON JRCorporal · September 22, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- NICHOLAS LEE NATZKESergeant · September 22, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
From Kirbyville
- OTIS COOPER JRLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
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.