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DAVID MICHAEL MABERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Mabery, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Refrigeration Specialist (51L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Tuyen Duc Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 39
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.