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DAVID MIDDLEKAUFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1944 – December 24, 1967
Service recordDavid Middlekauff, of El Cerrito, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1944
- Home of record
- El Cerrito, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 54
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · December 23, 1967
- WALERIJA CHULCHATSCHINOWStaff Sergeant · December 24, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS DICKSONSecond Lieutenant · December 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 56
From El Cerrito
- DAVID ALAN HENRYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 19, 1966
- CLYDE LAWRENCE DEMELLOCorporal · February 9, 1968
- BERNARD PAUL BREITENBACHSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE JAMESSergeant · November 30, 1968
- DONALD HAROLD PRATERSpecialist Four · July 5, 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.