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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David James Levier.

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DAVID JAMES LEVIER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 1, 1947 – October 16, 1968

Service record

David James Levier, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 41W · Line 66

Position of Panel 41W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP
Born
September 1, 1947
Home of record
Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 16, 1968
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 41W, Line 66

From Sandusky

All 17 names from Sandusky →

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.