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DAVID KING OMSTEAD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – June 16, 1968
Service recordDavid King Omstead, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 7
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 7
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · June 16, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- JOSEPH PRESTON JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- GERALD ADAM SZYSZPUTOWSKISergeant · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 1
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 1
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 4
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 5
- JAMES LOUIS MARTINSpecialist Five · Panel 56W, Line 6
- CHARLES ALLEN RYGGPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- DONALD HENRY STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 9
- JOHN ROBERT TAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 9
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 10
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 11
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 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.