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DAVID FLOYD ABLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1945 – August 25, 1967
Service recordDavid Floyd Able, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 41
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOISPetty Officer Second Class · August 25, 1967
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.