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DAVID JAY HUFFMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1950 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Jay Huffman, of Ontario, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 47
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JOE EARL HOLLEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- FREDERICK ROBERT KUTZERSergeant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 42
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 45
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 47
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 48
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
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.