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DAVID LEE VARVELL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 25, 1932 – November 19, 1965
Service recordDavid Lee Varvell, of Malden, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 102
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 25, 1932
- Home of record
- Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 102
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER BALMERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
From Malden
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1970
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
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.