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DAVID LYNN HASTINGS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1948 – July 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Lynn Hastings, of Laurel, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurel, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 14
- LAWRENCE ALAN ESTERLYLance Corporal · July 18, 1969
- RODNEY JOHN EVANSSergeant · July 18, 1969
- ROGER EARL FOREMANSergeant · July 18, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.