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DAVID HUGH WHITEHILL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 6, 1945 – May 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Hugh Whitehill, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 70E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70E · Line 1
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 70E, Line 1
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- FLOYD LEE WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 24, 1968
- ROGER DALE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- JESSIE CHARLES ALBASergeant · May 25, 1968
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
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.