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DAVID LEE HUBBARD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 26, 1937 – May 16, 1965
Service recordDavid Lee Hubbard JR, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Oklahoma (Rogers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 118
- CHARLES NATHANIEL FOXCaptain · May 16, 1965
- VERNON LEE HAYNESCaptain · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM DONALD HICKSSenior Master Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
From Chelsea
- THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEESpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- GEORGE BRIAN ALLISONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- DAVID ALFORD BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
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.