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DAVID JOHN COMBS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – May 27, 1970
Service recordDavid John Combs, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 108
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1970
- GARY CLIFTON EATONSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIE EDWARD ELSENBURGSpecialist Six · May 27, 1970
- CHARLES GRADY FLOYDPrivate First Class · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 107
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.