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DAVID LEROY MCCOMBS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1943 – October 11, 1969
Service recordDavid Leroy McCombs, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Oskaloosa, Iowa (Mahaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 68
- WILLIE GEORGE LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · October 11, 1969
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOOREStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 68
- DAVID LYLE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 69
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 69
From Oskaloosa
- WARREN EVERETT PHILLIPSSergeant · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE BARTLOWStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.