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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Michael Livingstone.

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DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 23, 1950 – November 2, 1969

Service record

David Michael Livingstone, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 19

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 FIELD FORCE
Born
December 23, 1950
Home of record
Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 2, 1969
Age
18
Province
Quang Duc
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 19

Same unit, same day

From Warren

All 41 names from Warren →

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.