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DAVID LEE CAREY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – March 8, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee Carey, of Danville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 52
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
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Ohio (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 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 43E, Line 52
- WILLIAM JAMES BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- FREDDIE JAMES BRYANTSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DONALD RAY CHAMBLIN JRSergeant · March 8, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JAMES BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 52
- GUY THOMAS JONESSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 56
- WILLIAM TERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 57
- GEORGE HAROLD SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 60
From Danville
- STEPHEN LYNN COLOPYSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · July 10, 1970
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.