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DAVID LEE WOMBLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – June 7, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Womble, of Bear Creek, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Bear Creek, North Carolina (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 26
- ALBERT CARL BACHMAN JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · June 8, 1970
- STEVE BLASKOVICH JRCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CARL EALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
From Bear Creek
- KENNETH DAVID SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · February 22, 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.