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DAVID MASON SEXTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – March 15, 1971
Service recordDavid Mason Sexton, of Huron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 51
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Huron, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 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 4W, Line 51
- JAMES CARLTON MULLINAX JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
- MICHAEL HUGH RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 48
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 51
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 52
From Huron
- JAMES CHARLES FEKETESergeant First Class · June 15, 1967
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · May 8, 1969
- TERRANCE R MESENBURGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · January 21, 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.