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DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordDavid Francis Strickler, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 7
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ROARSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 2
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 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.