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DAVID FRANKLIN HELM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – June 8, 1970
Service recordDavid Franklin Helm, of Sterling, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling, Virginia (Loudoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 27
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- MAHLON LEWIS KELLEYSergeant · June 8, 1970
- ALBERT ALFRED STLAWRENCESergeant · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN DOUGLAS LAMBDINPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 28
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.