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DAVID MICHAEL MCPHERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 1, 1946 – January 14, 1967
Service recordDavid Michael McPherson, of Clyde, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Clyde, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 28
- ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1967
- HARRY LEWIS MARIONSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- JUNIOR RAY MORGANLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
From Clyde
- JOHN DOUGLAS WOODARDPetty Officer Third Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.