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DAVID LEE KRIG
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 24, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Krig, of Lindsborg, Kansas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lindsborg, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 3
- REINALDO SALVADOR ORTIZCorporal · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- ROLAND ROLANDO RAMOSSergeant · May 15, 1967
From Lindsborg
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- STEVE WARREN TRAINFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- JOHN CARL LINDAHLLieutenant · January 6, 1973
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.