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DAVID JERRY GIVENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – August 31, 1969
Service recordDavid Jerry Givens, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 14
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 14
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT IVAN COXSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- LAWRENCE WALTER GLOVERChief Petty Officer · August 31, 1969
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 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.