The Wall › Panel 5E › California › David Lee Force
DAVID LEE FORCE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1944 – March 9, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Force, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 131
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1944
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD FRANCIS DUNCANLance Corporal · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 131
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 133
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 133
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 134
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
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.