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DAVID HENRY DEFORGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – March 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Henry Deforge, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 73
- WALTER ANDREW CARPENTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1969
- LEONARD ROGER CATONSecond Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS CRAIG JRStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN DEES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYNN ADCOCKCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 71
From Bloomfield
- GEORGE C KOSOVICH JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- EDWARD L BIEBERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT SALMON BAGNALLCorporal · January 13, 1968
- BARRY JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
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.