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DAVID LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1950 – April 22, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 25
- NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIASpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- JAMES HUDSON JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- FELIX JACQUESPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- OFALEE PERKINSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
From Plymouth
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SINKEWICZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.