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DAVID LEE TEICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Teich, of Pine City, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 76
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Pine City, Minnesota (Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 76
- JAMES C RUMMERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DENNIS LEE STEVENSCorporal · November 14, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
From Pine City
- THOMAS MELVIN BINAPrivate First Class · September 10, 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.