The Wall › Panel 33E › Ohio › David Lee French
DAVID LEE FRENCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – January 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee French, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 12
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · January 1, 1968
- THOMAS BERRY CORBINSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DENNISONCommander · January 1, 1968
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN RALPH ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 11
- PETER SHELL KLEINBERGCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 13
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 14
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 15
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.