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DAVID IRA STYLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordDavid Ira Styles, of Philomath, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 81
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Philomath, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight 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 28W, Line 81
- WILLIAM C GOULD JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- GEORGE CHRISTIAN GRAYSenior Master Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HESS JRMajor · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROBERT OWEN COLESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 80
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- JOHN JOE ELSENRATHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- WILLIAM C GOULD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- MICHAEL LEE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Philomath
- PAUL JEFFEREY COCHRANSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.