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DAVID JOHN FUNES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1951 – October 10, 1971
Service recordDavid John Funes, of Barrigada, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Barrigada, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1971; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 36
- RUDOLPH GLENN VALENTASpecialist Four · October 8, 1971
- DANIEL ROBERT HOFFMANSpecialist Four · October 9, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- DENNIS RAY HINTONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 36
- CHESTER ANTHONY LUCChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 37
- FRANKLIN ROSADO SILOSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 37
- THOMAS JOSEPH STANUSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 37
From Barrigada
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
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.