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DAVID JAMES AMHEISER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1951 – August 29, 1970
Service recordDavid James Amheiser, of Lodi, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Lodi, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 20
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 28, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- MELVIN CARROLL BATES JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRICE GREENESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 21
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
From Lodi
- RICHARD OTIS FISHERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.