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DAVID LOUIS LICATE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Louis Licate, of Ashtabula, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashtabula, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 64
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RANDALL PATRICK LESSSergeant · September 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL NILE ANDERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 59
- SARGENT J BROSHEARCaptain · Panel 43W, Line 60
From Ashtabula
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 1970
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.