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DAVID LEE HEMKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1949 – January 31, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Hemke, of Apollo, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Apollo, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 84
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- ROGER LEE GIVENSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- KENNETH RAY GODWINPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
- RAYMOND DALE HARRELLCorporal · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LAMAR MCARTHURPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 85
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.