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DAVID LEON STRAIT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1948 – September 13, 1967
Service recordDavid Leon Strait, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 68
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · September 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- RONALD STEVEN SWEETSecond Lieutenant · September 13, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.