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DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1942 – February 14, 1968
Service recordDavid John Moncavage, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 36
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS YORK OSBORNEFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- LUTHER PAGE JRStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ARVIS BEAVERSSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 28
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 33
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 34
- RONALD FRANK KLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 35
- DONALD LEE LLOYDStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 35
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 36
- CHARLES OTIS PENNEYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 37
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 37
- JOSE JUAN SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 39
- VERNON S TSCHERTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 40
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 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.