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DAVID HENRY WAINSCOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1934 – November 9, 1967
Service recordDavid Henry Wainscott, of Morrow, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 63
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Morrow, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 63
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JRStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- PHILIP RAYMOND WAHLCorporal · November 9, 1967
From Morrow
- RUDY GORDON BOWMANPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- RONALD LEE EVANSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1971
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.