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DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 23, 1939 – August 26, 1968
Service recordDavid Frederick Sleeper, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 26, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 34
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SMITHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL SPROUTPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1968
- JAMES ALTON TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · August 26, 1968
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 1970
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.