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DAVID MICHAEL KIRK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1950 – May 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Michael Kirk, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 17
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- TERRY LEE LESHSergeant · May 15, 1969
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.