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DAVID MICHAEL POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Powell, of Bellevue, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 13
- ROBERT CRANLEY ONSLOWCaptain · May 10, 1968
- LARRY GENE PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS HEPBURN PERRYSergeant First Class · May 10, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 12
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Bellevue
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTYSpecialist Five · June 12, 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.