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DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1948 – May 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Laverne Girardo, of Arvada, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 106
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Arvada, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 106
- ROBERT WILLIAM BOWESergeant · May 3, 1969
- LLEWELLYN PAUL DICKENSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- RICHARD CALUDE GARCIAStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1969
- SILAS LUCAS HICKS JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
From Arvada
- DAVID LAWRENCE MANNINGLance Corporal · August 4, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY WESKAMPCaptain · April 25, 1967
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKYLance Corporal · March 28, 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.