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DAVID J WAX
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 1, 1941 – December 20, 1965
Service recordDavid J Wax, of Brookline, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Brookline, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1965; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 32
- ROBERT DOUGLAS TRIERMajor · December 20, 1965
- HOWARD LLOYD ALLENStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1965
- ROBERT JOSEPH CAMPBELLSergeant · December 21, 1965
- GEORGE SIMONDS COSTELLOCaptain · December 21, 1965
From Brookline
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DEVERTON C COCHRANESergeant First Class · June 17, 1970
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUERCaptain · September 5, 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.