The Wall › Panel 19W › California › David Louis Causey
DAVID LOUIS CAUSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – August 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Louis Causey, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 77
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 77
- JOSEPH EDWARD BUGAR JRCorporal · August 20, 1969
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE DEMORESergeant · August 20, 1969
- STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 84
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.