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DAVID LEE EX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1950 – June 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Ex, of Davison, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Davison, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 47
- JAMES DAVID CRAWFORDLance Corporal · June 12, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR GLADDEN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 12, 1970
- EDWARD LUCAS JAMES IISergeant · June 12, 1970
- STEPHEN EDWARD KRAJESKISergeant · June 12, 1970
From Davison
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1967
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH THOMASCorporal · May 18, 1968
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · July 7, 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.