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DAVID MELDRUM HART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1946 – May 10, 1967
Service recordDavid Meldrum Hart, of Wheaton, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 81
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- HAROLD THOMAS GILLISCorporal · May 10, 1967
- AARON GEORGE GLYNNCorporal · May 10, 1967
- RANDALL ROMAN GRUEBERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
From Wheaton
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE GARDNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE WEISMANSergeant · April 28, 1971
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.