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DAVID FRANK WORKMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – October 30, 1968
Service recordDavid Frank Workman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 60
- LARRY EDWARD SCHWARZPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- MARLIN LYNN SIEGWALTCaptain · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TURNERCorporal · October 30, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL ALLISONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.