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DAVID LOUIE MUNOZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordDavid Louie Munoz, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 107
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 13, 1969
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 107
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND MUNCHCorporal · May 13, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL RAY KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 97
- HARRY WILLIAM KERKSTRASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 103
- ROBERT SUSUMU MASUDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 106
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.