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DAVID MITCHELL KAUFMAN
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1927 – June 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Mitchell Kaufman, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 6, 1927
- Home of record
- Plaquemine, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 53
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JERRY CRAIG KLUTEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- LARRY D LEMASTERSergeant · June 15, 1969
From Plaquemine
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · March 5, 1966
- DONALD WILFORD HALLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- JOHN LAMUEL HYMESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1966
- ERNEST TATNEY JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- CLARENCE HENRY LEWISCorporal · March 15, 1968
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
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.