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DAVID FRANCIS DEVOE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1929 – November 7, 1966
Service recordDavid Francis Devoe, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 37
- 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 November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 36
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- ERNEST LEE CARTERStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LEE DOBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 36
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
- GREGORY PATRICK KENTLance Corporal · March 28, 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.