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DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1947 – November 4, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Ignasiak, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 4, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 22
- SEBERN EMLIS GRAHAM JRAirman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BALT HUNTMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR KERNDLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- EDWARD JEROME MERRITTSergeant · November 4, 1966
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 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.