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DAVID LAWRENCE NAPIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – November 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Lawrence Napier, of Glen Allen, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Glen Allen, Virginia (Henrico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · November 2, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH KEMPFPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- STANLEY CHARLES KENTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1969
From Glen Allen
- CLARENCE RAY ANGUSPrivate · August 15, 1967
- ROBERT B STARKES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
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.